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UK Election Puts Big Tech Digital Tax On Hold

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have resulted in a delay for legislation that is now in draft form, which would include a provision to tax larger tech firms that derive sales from the region. The bill has proposed a 2 percent tax on revenues for firms as diverse as Facebook and Amazon. The moratorium would be aimed at reducing fraud , Reuters reported.

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Walgreens Fights Promotion Abuse With Digital Tracking

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Digital fraud is a long-running problem for merchants, retailers, banks and businesses of all types. Account takeovers and shipping fraud increased by 347 percent and 391 percent, respectively, between 2018 and 2019, and the pandemic has only exacerbated these issues. Developments From The World Of Digital Fraud.

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FinCEN Red Flags for Economic Impact Payment Fraud

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While the typologies of EIP fraud are not new, FinCEN has provided examples of trending types of EIP-related criminal activities. . Takeaway 1 FinCEN has provided examples of the trending types of EIP fraud. . Takeaway 3 FinCEN has requested specific SAR filing instructions for EIP fraud. . Red flags for EIP fraud.

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Asia Pacific Ramps Up eProcurement Push

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Latin America is often considered to be the world leader in electronic invoicing thanks to government mandates, but the Asia Pacific region is quickly gaining steam in its eInvoicing efforts, too. on the benefits of an eInvoicing mandate, noting that it would address the nation’s current tax challenges. On Monday (Aug.

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Top 5 Fraud and Financial Crime Topics of 2021

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From TBML to BNPL to NFTs, 2021 found fraud and financial crime professionals dealing with a plethora of new challenges and criminal schemes. Our five most popular posts of the year dealt with trade-based money laundering, non-fungible tokens, buy now pay later scams, courier scams and good old credit card fraud. Here are excerpts.

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HomeAway On ‘Trust, Reliability And Protection’ For Travelers – And The Sharing Economy

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In the February 2019 Payments and The Platform Economy Playbook , a collaboration between PYMNTS and YapStone, the sharing economy was in focus. Expectations can differ from region to region regarding timing of payments, taxes, currencies, regulatory differences – and we look at all of those variables.”.

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Getting Past ‘Standard’ To ‘Fair’: Tech Brings Efficiency To Mileage Reimbursements

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The task traditionally involves the official IRS mileage reimbursement rate (which, for 2019, stands at $0.58 That’s not so say that everyone involved with mileage reimbursement is a crook (though, of course, mileage fraud does persist). Yet, mileage reimbursement is changing — and in a way that can save companies money.

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