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EU Wants US Tech Giants To Pay Revenue Tax

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Germany, France, Italy and Spain’s finance ministers have announced plans to tax tech multinationals, such as Amazon and Alphabet Inc./ They would like the EU to develop a region-wide plan to implement their proposal, and plan to present it to all 28 EU finance ministers at a meeting next week. billion in revenue tax.

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Turkey Is Most Difficult Market for Regulatory Compliance

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Tax and accounting compliance can be an overwhelmingly monumental task as companies expand their geographic footprint. Not only do regulations vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but the consequences of non-compliance vary greatly, too. There are also an “extremely high number” of tax rules.

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Local Governments Move In On Retail Vacancies

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Craftmakers, according to the regulation, must sell as well as manufacture, with the retail side of the business-boosting commerce in mixed-use districts. The new regulations encourage interaction with the public by also mandating that the artisan businesses offer attractions such as tours and classes. and San Francisco. Starting Jan.

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Nordea Accused Of Handling $790M In Suspicious Transactions

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Nordea, the biggest bank in the Nordic region, is being accused of handling millions of dollars in suspicious transactions for several years. The bank reportedly handled 700 million euros or $790 million in transactions that were questionable from 2005 to 2017. The investment firm rates Nordea at underperform.

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FICO Survey: APAC Banks Expect Rise in Tax Evasion

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million digital records exposed the dark deeds of dirty money and tax evasion and burst the bubble of pretense that the world is effective at dealing with corruption. One in five banks in Asia Pacific say that they expect tax evasion to increase 100 to 500 percent over last year’s levels according to a recent poll by FICO.

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Despite Plenty Of Concerns, SMB Optimism Holds Fast

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Small business owners have a lot on their plates today and, depending on who one asks, top concerns range from taxes to late invoice payments. Bank of America also found in a fall 2017 survey that nearly three-quarters of SMBs expect their 2017 year-end revenues to beat 2016’s figures.

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Migration and the “Cloud Ceiling”: 5 Compliance Predictions for 2017

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That means 2017 should be a risky year from a compliance standpoint. To help in those efforts, regulators are requiring firms to improve their KYC programs with more detailed data and advanced analytics. Today, it’s really only Tier 1 banks that use analytics in AML, KYC and tax compliance areas. We expect that to change.