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Tax Reform Shows Early Signs Of SMB Bank Lending Impact

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tax reform led to much chatter and some confusion about exactly how changes would impact the nation’s small businesses (SMBs). Department of Treasury finalized rules that apply to SMBs on qualifying for a 20 percent tax deduction, with the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) applauding the initiative.

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French Prosecutors Call For UBS To Pay 3.7B Euros For Tax Evasion

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billion euros for what it contends is helping wealthy people in the country evade taxes. According to a report in Reuters , UBS is facing accusations of laundering the proceeds of tax fraud and illegally going after clients in France. France isn’t the only country investigating allegations that the bank helps clients evade taxes.

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NRF Survey: Tax Payers Not Spending Refunds

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That day is when the IRS hands out tax refund checks from the previous year’s tax filing. Research conducted by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics paints a much different picture for this year’s tax refund spending — or, in this case, not spending — activities. Not this year.

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Here’s How Your Tax Day Stacks Up

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Tax season, that is. Curious to know how your taxes stacked up? While we won’t know about 2016’s filings until next year, IRS preliminary data from 2015’s filings (what you submitted in 2016) can shed some light on the typical American taxpayer’s contribution. percent federal tax rate. And today is IRS Christmas.

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How Do Customers — And Retailers — React To Tax Returns?

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For all the johnny-come-latelies who spend the hours before midnight on April 17 scrambling to submit their tax forms, there are millions more Americans who are sitting pretty with their tax refunds already in hand. It’s a peculiar part of tax season. While a National Retail Federation survey found that 65.5

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The Biggest Banking, Regulatory Challenges For Today’s Entrepreneur

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National Small Business Week is this week in the U.S., But analysts from Bank of America, Square, Navcom and the National Association for the Self-Employed warn that challenges for some SMBs have reached new heights, too. and finance experts are celebrating with new data on the state of the entrepreneurial community.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: UK Regulators To Form Digital Markets Unit; Italy Fines Apple $10 Million Over Claims About iPhone Water Resistance

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Canada Looks to Tax International Tech Firms. A potential “Netflix Tax,” which is forecast to bring in more than $1.2 The digital tax would be collected from clients, and digital services companies would remit it. The digital tax would be collected from clients, and digital services companies would remit it.

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