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Ohio To Let Businesses Pay Taxes With Bitcoin

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Ohio is leading the charge in terms of accepting bitcoin as a payment method, as it is the first state to accept bitcoin to cover tax bills. The state will eventually open it up to individual tax filers as well. Jerry Brito, director of Coin Center, a Washington, D.C.-based

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Hints At EU Pullout Over Data Transfers Laws; Appeal Filed Over Apple’s $15B Tax Bill On Ireland Operations; In-App Billing Battle Rages On

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Regulations. SocialMediaToday reported that in early September, an EU “privacy regulator … sent Facebook a preliminary order to suspend data transfers to the U.S. Canadian Lawmakers Want Big Tech to Pay for Content, Taxes . EU Renews Demand for Back Taxes on Apple’s Ireland Ops. billion back-tax bill in Ireland.

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TurboTax Bid For Credit Karma Triggers Antitrust Worries

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As the leader in DIY taxes, TurboTax has been dealing with escalating competition from Credit Karma, which is now a leading financial app among younger customers. Credit Karma started offering a free tax filing service in 2017. Regulators blocked the deal from going through.

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Tesco To Unload Thailand, Malaysia Assets In CP Group Deal

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billion, prior to taxes and other charges. The arrangement still must receive approval by regulators in Malaysia and Thailand. South Korea and Japan, and also relinquished some control of its Chinese operations as of 2011. Tesco Lotus has approximately 74 locations in Malaysia and 2,000 locations in Thailand. in the U.K.

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Today In Payments: Apple Parts Maker Foxconn Back To Work In China; Two Chinese Nationals Laundered $100M In Crypto

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Some have pointed to a similar attempt by H&R Block, when it tried to purchase another do-it-yourself tax software company in 2011 but was blocked by regulators. Several legal experts have said that TurboTax’s deal to buy personal finance site Credit Karma for $7.1 billion raises serious antitrust concerns.

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How SMB FinTech Firms Boost Data Sharing Without Open Banking

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and Canada, where open banking regulations are not in place, how do financial service providers act on the demand to move data and connect platforms? and Canada may nevertheless promote many of the same goals as intended by regulators in markets that have adopted open banking. But in jurisdictions like the U.S. ”

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Data Dive, Fall Chill Edition: Fraudsters, Sears And India’s Data Privacy Laws

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They may pretend to be the IRS and tell people they cannot use other payment methods because of their delinquent tax status,” according to the FTC. India Strategic Partnership Forum, admitted that the payments companies were frustrated with the regulators. We continue to work closely with the regulator towards this.”.

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