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The Need for a FinCEN Database

Abrigo

The US is at a disadvantage without a national beneficial ownership registry. . The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) led the way as the first international body to set global standards on beneficial ownership in 2003 as part of a strong CDD program. Is a national beneficial ownership database in the works?

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Challenges to monetary policy: lessons from Medieval Europe

BankUnderground

Moreover, the national currency belongs to the people, and the state’s role is to regulate it to benefit the people. This is done by ensuring money is produced according to the strictest standards and avoiding manipulating it to the king’s benefit ( inflation tax ). Lesson from the Medieval French monetary experience.

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Lending to nonprofits: Considerations for credit analysis

Abrigo

According to the Urban Institute’s “ Nonprofit Sector in Brief 2015 ,” the number of nonprofits registered with the Internal Revenue Service increased by about 3,000 a year between 2003 and 2013. Finances related to U.S. Revenues increased 3 percent to $2.26 trillion; assets rose 5.2 percent to $5.17 trillion, and expenses grew 1.7

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Morning Scan: Former Salomon Chief Dies; Iran to Create 'Bad Bank'

American Banker

Court Orders Banks to Pay Tax on Bonuses: The U.K.’s ’s highest court ordered UBS and Deutsche Bank to pay taxes on shares given to employees more than a decade ago as bonuses.

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Addressing The Symptoms Of Pharmacies’ Cash Flow Ailments

PYMNTS

Taxes, minimum wage, global trade tariffs — there are a lot of regulatory changes weighing heavily on the minds of U.S. With prescription drugs representing 92 percent of sales revenue, according to the National community Pharmacists Association, thinning margins — and frequent losses — from this side of the business can be fatal.

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IRS Could Take Months To Send Out Stimulus Checks

PYMNTS

Olson, who served as the IRS’s national taxpayer advocate from 2001 to 2019. The agency is shutting in-person assistance centers that staff over 300 people, it said last week, adding it would still process tax returns “to the greatest extent possible.”. “I But that’s at the harm of everything else it’s supposed to do,” said Nina E.

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24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

CB Insights

In the early 70s, See’s was able to produce about $2M a year (after tax) on just $8M in net tangible assets (including all accounts receivable.) Berkshire Hathaway bought See’s, and by 1982, it was up to producing $13M after taxes on just $20M in net tangible assets. 2003 : [link]. Indeed, if all U.S.

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