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Tax ID Fraud is Taxing on Financial Institutions

Abrigo

Understanding tax ID fraud FinCrime professionals looking to prevent tax ID fraud, first need to understand the fundamentals of what is happening and their best recourse for prevention. Takeaway 1 Fraudsters file illegitimate tax returns early, hoping people wait to submit their legitimate ones.

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Fizzle Of The Week: The Cannabis Payments Conundrum

PYMNTS

states (and the District of Columbia) where marijuana has been legalized for sale in some capacity, it has thrown off a fairly large chunk of tax revenue in the last year. billion in taxes from legal cannabis companies last year, an amount of money that is undoubtedly a sizzle for the federal coffers.

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Square Bolsters Payroll Platform With Benefits Solutions

PYMNTS

Reports in Business Insider said Square hopes to streamline SMBs’ employee benefits management by adding health insurance and retirement savings solutions into its payroll service, features that could reduce the tax burden on small firms.

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Assessing Global Cash Flow Post Pandemic

Abrigo

An institution can look at their debt-to-income (DTI) ratio, which does not count for living expenses or taxes, or their debt service coverage (DSC) ratio, which is generally the net of their living expenses and taxes. Whichever method they use, it should be the same across the institution so that they can get a factual comparison.

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Key Things To Know About LTC Cash Voucher Scheme For Employees

BankBazaar

will give its employees income-tax exempt cash vouchers in place of their entitled leave allowances this year. This payment will be tax-free. 10,000 worth of festival advance again by 31st March, 2020 and to this end, will get a pre-loaded Rupay card of the advance value. will bear the bank charges for loading the card.

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Risk’s All Around When Banks Service Cannabis

PYMNTS

Financial institutions (FIs) that service the industry, she recently told PYMNTS, “don’t have the compliance people, processes or automated tools in place to meet the required guidelines — and are unknowingly putting their clients at risk.”. Traditional banks are not required to know that you are selling Hallmark cards to minors.

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5 ways to boost your savings balance

Qudos Bank

Not only could this be a helpful way of setting up your budget, but it could also provide you with clear “guidelines” to follow when monitoring your expenses. Consolidate your debt If you’re currently paying off more than one debt, you could consider debt consolidation to make your repayments easier.

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