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Indonesia Reduces Import Tax Threshold To Protect Smaller Firms

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Indonesia has announced it’s going to reduce the threshold for taxing imported eCommerce consumer goods from $75 to $3, to help control the purchases of cheap foreign goods and help protect smaller Indonesian firms, according to a report by Reuters. They’ll be taxed at a rate of 32.5 million last year and 6.1 percent to 37.5

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Bitcoin And The Bitter Tax Bite

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And lest you think changes in tax policy sow confusion only in the United States, think again. Bitcoin breeched a key psychological barrier on news that the South Korean government would tax income earned by virtual currency exchanges to the tune of 24.2 Kraken allows trading on margin, “but order books are thin,” he said.

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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. Luckily, research from Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Capital One and others often point to one thing: Despite the challenges, small businesses are optimistic.

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Payroll Considers Its Cash Flow Influence

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While payroll may appear to be among the least volatile areas of capital outflows, there are plenty of factors that cause fluctuations in how much money is issued to employees — and when and how they get paid. That whole process is time-consuming and difficult, and ripe for a bunch of errors," he said. Cash Flow Implications.

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How FinTech Helps SMBs Get A Grip On The Numbers

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Bookkeeping is at the core of many essential processes in the back office: tax filing, working capital management and access to financing, to name a few. In the case of accessing capital, the Federal Reserve ‘s latest analysis has suggested that small business demand for financing in the U.S. The firm secured $1.8

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Dangerous Road Ahead On Auto Loans?

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In a look at how some of those loans are trending and how they may be impacting lenders, consider that Ally Financial reported that pre-tax income slid by 11 percent last year, and the decline stemmed from auto loan losses and delinquencies.

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Why Accounts Payable Is The ‘Lost Child’ Of Finance

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However, against the backdrop where such investment is limited by human capital and financial capital, the end result is that a wide range of accounts payable processes are manual. In addition, local regulations may govern the particulars of a transaction, said Amit, mandating the types of information that need to be included.

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