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Bitcoin Daily: Lukka Launches TurboTax For Crypto, Crypto Exchange Bottle Pay Shuts Down

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Cryptocurrency accounting firm Lukka has released a new service that will figure out the taxes on crypto assets, according to a report by CoinDesk. The new service comes on the heels of an announcement by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that it was changing the guidelines for how taxes were calculated.

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Cutting Through The Accounting Jargon For Independent Contractors

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As one-person operations, they often lack the resources and know-how to manage professional finances in a compliant and efficient way, yet they have more complex tax, payments and cash flow management needs than the average individual. Easing The User Experience. That means cutting out the jargon. According to Hogan, the U.K.’s

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SMBs Remain Hot Spot For Open Banking Business Models

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As the open banking business model permeates into the B2B financial services market, FinTechs and traditional financial institutions continue to find new use cases for API integrations and connectivity to elevate the business-user experience. There are over 5 million self-employed people in the U.K.,

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Xero TaxTouch is Tinder for the Gig Economy’s Taxes

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The app, Xero TaxTouch aims to help self-employed workers track business expenses and manage their business-related tax deductions. In the Tinder-like user experience, freelancers separate their expenses by swiping right to file a business expense (see image on left) and swiping left to file a personal one.

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Can FinTech Walk The FinTalk?

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In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. All-digital, all-tech lending platforms that could deliver better user experiences and faster credit decisioning would become the new normal and take share from banks who were too big and cost-laden to keep — or catch — up. A penny saved is a penny earned.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

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The Pivot : We came up with a fresh take on the plethora of AR-style apps that create visual effects based on face detection and tracking… [Poor user experience] had a big impact on our retention metrics. Three notable excerpts: First Attempts : Blin.gy We needed 40% day-one returns and were closer to 25%. The clock kept ticking.

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A First Look at What’s Coming to the FinDEVr Stage this October

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Avalara will detail the Weird and Wacky World of Sales Tax. Did you know that sales-tax in the U.S. There are over 12,000 taxing jurisdictions covering millions of taxability rule combinations. Fidor Bank introduced community banking five years ago. is handled unlike any other place on the planet?