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Tax ID Fraud is Taxing on Financial Institutions

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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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Gift Cards A Taxing Problem? Not Necessarily Says Tango Card CCO

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And when it comes to rewarding employees with a holiday or other work anniversary reward, the last thing businesses need is to have their generosity become a tax headache. However, he added, the tax implications should not exceed the cost and purpose of the present. “We Awesome … My Fourth Water Bottle.

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Stimulus Check Visa Debit Cards Being Mailed To 8 Million Households

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Roughly 8 million stimulus check Visa debit cards are being mailed to households this week, the U.S. The Economic Impact Payment (EIP) cards were issued by MetaBank, N.A. The EIP cards will arrive by the USPS in a white envelope that “prominently displays the U.S. Treasury Department said in a press release on Thursday (Jan.

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Tax Time Tardiness And The Faster Refund

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The federal tax filing deadline in 2020 has been waived in the wake of coronavirus disruptions. But come coronavirus or the Martian measles, taxes will be filed, and refunds issued. But come coronavirus or the Martian measles, taxes will be filed, and refunds issued. It’s unprecedented. Amazing development.

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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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4 Ways To Invest Your Tax Refund

BankBazaar

Got a big tax refund? We all dread that time of the year when we have to file our Income Tax returns. All those calculations and figuring out which section of the Income Tax Act to claim refunds under can get pretty complicated, we admit. But think of the time when you get a sudden windfall as a sizeable tax refund.

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