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DC Bar: Lawyers Allowed To Take Digital Currency As Payment

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” The opinion also noted that the IRS treats cryptocurrency more as a property than as a currency for tax purposes. The ethics decision came down because of the increasing prominence of digital currency, with the District of Columbia Bar finding it “cannot hold back the tides of change.”

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For the Fed, it's Time to Flip the Script

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As our leaders in Washington DC bicker over a fiscal response to COVID-19, mostly coming up with ideas that look to win votes (payroll tax holidays, guaranteed sick leave for everyone, tax credits for affected companies) as opposed to actually saving the economy from a credit induced depression, it looks like it is on the Fed again to do the job.

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Cardtronics Posts 22 Percent Revenue Growth

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operations of DC Payments. million net of tax). Competition and Markets Authority to maintain its ownership of the U.K. During the third quarter of 2017, the company also recognized asset impairments in its Australia and New Zealand segment totaling in the aggregate $216.0 million ($193.5 million.

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Guest Post: 2012 Economic Year in Review by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

The “Fiscal Cliff” Who in their right minds would have so many critical tax codes and laws expiring all on the same year-end date? Higher wage earners will see an increase in the top tax bracket, from 35% to 39.6%, and an increase in their capital gains and investment income levels from 15% to 20%. Oh, wait, our Congress!

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Explore Regulatory Compliance Best Practices at FICO World

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During this period of Congressional gridlock, much of the activity in Washington DC impacting the financial services industry remains focused on the development and implementation of new regulations. Please join us in Washington DC April 26 -29! Model management continues to present financial institutions with new compliance obstacles.

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Weird Commerce: MUFON, Investigating UFOs Since 1969

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There’s no government agency liberating us from our tax dollars to go search for UFOs or debunk any of this stuff. And the investigators may say, ‘Nope, that’s just a DC-10 going across the skyline, and here’s why.'” So, MUFON is more mainstream than people think.”.

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

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Fiscal Policy We are not seeing activity from Washington DC. Tax cut and tax reform proposals have been floated. I believe that tax cuts will spur economic growth, but only if they do not increase government borrowing and the federal deficit. There have been several failed attempts to repeal and replace Obamacare.