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Cannabis Cos’ $4.7B In Cash-Based Taxes Overwhelm IRS

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million to a Virginia company to handle “large cash payments for processing cannabis federal taxes.”. billion in taxes last year on nearly $13 billion in revenue from legal cannabis companies. Most of these companies were forced to pay their federal taxes in cash because about 70 percent of all legal cannabis businesses are unbanked.

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Nations Move Toward Imposing ‘Digital Taxes’ On Big Tech

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Governments around the world are setting their sights on putting a variety of digital taxes on Big Tech giants. France has long been angling to levy digital taxes, although such moves have become a bone of contention with the United States and have faced significant delays. billion of French goods. billion of French goods. Indonesia .

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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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Fincen announces Shinhan Bank America will pay $15M for BSA Violations

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Shinhan Bank America faces a $15M penalty for willful BSA violations linked to inadequate BSA/AML monitoring that the Financial Crimes Enforcement network said enabled tax evasion, corruption and money laundering to flow through the institution.

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Regulators Eye P2P Car-Sharing Platforms

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Peer-to-peer car-sharing services might soon face the same regulation as traditional car rental companies. This month, for example, Maryland passed a bill that requires car-sharing companies to comply with regulations similar to rules for car rental companies, including paying sales tax.

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Dimon: ‘We’re Going To Satisfy The Regulators’

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I do think if the next president does the right things around immigration, corporate and individual tax reform, proper infrastructure spending, America will be booming.”. Small business, middle market, large companies. And I agree with that.”

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Sizzle Fizzle: Apps Sizzle, Startups Fizzle And Regulators Battle Bitcoin

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Fizzle of the Week: Cryptocurrency Regulation. The saga over bitcoin and its relationship to various regulators has become something of the payments answer to a romantic comedy. But the idea that regulators can wave a wand and make bitcoin go away? Easy come, easy crypt-go, it seems. They may have some luck. As for next week?

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