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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Philadelphia.

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Remote Seller Taxation: A Job For Tax Automation

PYMNTS

Wayfair Supreme Court decision continue to rattle online merchants, as three states (California, Louisiana and South Carolina) are now trying to collect eCommerce sales tax retroactively, as far back as five years. To date 43 states and Washington, D.C. have moved to collect sales tax from remote sellers, and it’s just the beginning.

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SMB Tax Complexity Preserves Role For The Human Accountant

PYMNTS

With the first tax season post-tax reform nearing completion in the U.S., Ongoing regulatory changes and persistent uncertainty mean that that importance will continue even outside of tax season, with challenges that even the most automated of accounting software solutions cannot always tackle. Tackling Tax.

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Aaron Stetter: Back to Capitol Hill

Independent Banker

The ICBA Capital Summit is the premier event for community bankers looking to advocate for their industry. In person for the first time since 2019, the ICBA Capital Summit in Washington, D.C., Community bankers, pack your bags for Washington, D.C. Visiting a congressional office in Washington, D.C., and many more.

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Tax Reform Not Enough To Convince Corporates To Spend, AFP Finds

PYMNTS

Tax reform played a key role for several corporate successes in the first quarter of 2018. “Together, these factors mean that companies could invest more funds, hire employees and generally spend on both their businesses and communities.” corporates from spending their rising cash reserves. .

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Community Bank Persistence Pays Dividends

Finer Points

It wasn’t exactly what ICBA was advocating; nevertheless, nearly all community banks scored a major victory with the industry’s hard-fought exemption from a backdoor tax hike on most members of the Federal Reserve System.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

Executive committee members tell us what advocacy issues they’ll be focused on during their terms, while board members share their words of wisdom for up-and-coming community bankers: themselves. To sum it up, these leaders are all in and all heart for community banking. ICBA president and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey, Washington, D.C.