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Five At Five: France Aims To Tax Big Tech

PYMNTS

Today’s coverage includes the latest European push to tax such companies as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. France’s Finance Minister Wants EU-Wide Digital Tax By Year End. The new tax would apply to Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon so that they are paying what the government sees as a fairer tax rate in the region.

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Lower taxes, more M&A: Behind a California bank’s move to Texas

American Banker

First Foundation is relocating its corporate headquarters to Dallas, where the tax burden is lighter and it sees more opportunity to beef up lending, add wealth management clients and pursue acquisitions of community banks.

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Study: US Housing Market Slows Down As Homeowners Stay Put Longer

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Housing inventory has fallen to its lowest level in 37 years, with homeowners staying the longest in Salt Lake City, Houston, Fort Worth, San Antonio and Dallas, more than eight years longer than they did in 2010. “In Homeowners age 67 to 85 are remaining homeowners longer causing a shortage of 1.6

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Feds Charge Texas Man With CARES Act Fraud

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8) charged a Dallas-area man with allegedly playing a role in a scheme that sought to fraudulently obtain $24.8 The indictment further alleges that Sah submitted fraudulent documentation in support of his applications, including falsified federal tax filings and forged bank statements for the purported businesses.

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Bitcoin Approaches Worst Month Since 2015

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint against a Dallas-based financial firm seeking to launch what might be the largest initial coin offering (ICO) in history. The regulatory actions come as big-name investors have expressed concern over cryptocurrencies.

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Japan To Investigate Libra’s Economic Impact

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The group’s goal is to work on policies that will deal with how Libra is going to affect payments, monetary policy, regulation and taxes. Another loud critic is Mark Cuban , who is a “Shark Tank” investor and owner of the Dallas Mavericks. The G7 taskforce in France was created to address the issue of cryptocurrencies as well.

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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

In 2016 when the Panama Papers exposed an international network of offshore entities involved in tax evasion, fraud, and sanction evasion, some of which included real estate holdings, regulations began to change.

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