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How Pilot Is Innovating Corporate Taxes For Millennial-Run Businesses

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Tax season frustrations can blossom into real financial problems, especially when refunds are paper checks sent through postal mail. tax code changes passed in 2017 did not soothe these frictions, either, as they shifted income brackets and altered rates, affecting consumers’ refunds and earnings.

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Crypto Fails To Impress For Corporate Tax Payments

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to allow businesses to pay their corporate taxes in bitcoin. The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance released a study last year, finding a sharp increase in the onboarding of new cryptocurrency users, rising from 18 million at the end of 2017 to 35 million at the end of 2018, Invest in Blockchain reports said.

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Alabama Tests Selfie Authentication To Fight Tax Fraud

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Identity company MorphoTrust USA looks to put a dent in tax fraud and theft by adding an additional layer of authentication security into the mix. The shift toward stronger authentication comes as tax season increasingly becomes the biggest holiday of the year for fraudsters. Magee, commissioner of the ADR.

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Today In Data: Alternative Banking, Innovation Budgets And Transportation Expenses

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75 percent | Portion of payments budgets that top-performing businesses allocate toward innovation projects, according to the most recent PYMNTS Innovation Readiness Playbook , an i2C collaboration. The Indian program provides individuals with a 12-digit ID code based on location and biometric data. workforce by 2020.

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UK Watchdog Orders Tax Office To Delete Voice Data

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The voice ID system was put into place in January of 2017. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) conducted the investigation after receiving the complaint, and found that the tax office collected the data illegally. The HMRC was sent a notice to delete the voice records on May 9, and it has 28 days from that date to do so.

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Indian Tech Startups Broke Funding Records In 2018

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In 2017, Indian startups got $10.4 These were OYO Rooms, a hospitality company, which raised $1 billion in September, and food delivery company Swiggy , which also secured a cool billion. Chinese funders were part of 43 funding rounds, which is up from 29 in 2017 and 25 the prior year. billion in funding – the most ever.

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Deep Dive: Why State And Local Agencies In The US Still Struggle With Instant Payments

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Government disbursements can range from child support payments and annual tax returns to pension and retirement fund payouts. Payment Challenges Stall Government Innovations . All parties involved in sending or receiving disbursements must be able to easily share payment data to speed payouts to residents and ensure security.

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