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Indonesia Reduces Import Tax Threshold To Protect Smaller Firms

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Indonesia has announced it’s going to reduce the threshold for taxing imported eCommerce consumer goods from $75 to $3, to help control the purchases of cheap foreign goods and help protect smaller Indonesian firms, according to a report by Reuters. They’ll be taxed at a rate of 32.5 million last year and 6.1 percent to 37.5

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How Smarter Payment Tools Make Filing Taxes Less Taxing

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Filing taxes is hardly a walk in the park. Fortunately, online tax filing solutions have helped cut through the mounds of paperwork that go into preparation and filing — and consumers seem to be rejoicing. The average federal tax refund is $2,960 — $3,091 for direct deposit filers — as of March 2018.

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After A Century, Barclays Steps Back From Africa Operations

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The decision to pare back operations in Africa — where the company will sell off much of its 62 percent ownership in publicly traded Barclays Africa — represents what The New York Times said was a step back from one of the key pillars of Barclays’ long-term strategy, right in lockstep with credit cards and investment banking.

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How Travel Streamlines Payments In A Complex Web Of B2B Connections

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The travel industry is a highly fragmented, complex web of suppliers, distributors, tourism companies and online travel agents (OTAs), all hustling to keep pace with the changes occurring in how travelers — both for pleasure and business — plan, book and pay for their trips. One of the largest disruptors in this area is the virtual card.

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Disaster-Proof Spend Management Solutions — For When Disaster Strikes

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As such, they can struggle to organize flight bookings, handle payments, manage trip expense records and more. The solution helps self-employed individuals track business expenses and provide the information to their accountants — for filing Schedule C tax deductions. To read the full story, download the Tracker.

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India’s MakeMyTrip Taps Into Blossoming Corporate Travel Market

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28) said MakeMyTrip is rolling out MMT MyBusiness, a tool developed to help small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in India book business trips. He told the publication the MMT MyBusiness offering will incorporate a corporate wallet to promote efficient spending and reduce corporate card abuse. Reports released Monday (Aug.

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Visa’s Acquisition Of Visa Europe Is A Done Deal

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‘s acquisition of Visa Europe is officially one for the history books. The deal is done, and a new global firm serving 17,100 FIs, 40 million merchants and 3 billion card accounts worldwide has officially been born. As of today (June 21), Visa Inc. The deal’s original terms called for Visa to pay €16.5 billion ($18.71

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