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Cannabis Cos’ $4.7B In Cash-Based Taxes Overwhelm IRS

PYMNTS

million to a Virginia company to handle “large cash payments for processing cannabis federal taxes.”. billion in taxes last year on nearly $13 billion in revenue from legal cannabis companies. Most of these companies were forced to pay their federal taxes in cash because about 70 percent of all legal cannabis businesses are unbanked.

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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

Key Takeaways Real estate markets are vulnerable to money laundering and fraud because of their transaction size and appreciation over time. The real estate market is enticing to more than just new homeowners or investors. Real estate market AML risks Real estate is a proven, traditional, and well-established marketplace.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

3-yr average pre-tax ROA. pre-tax ROA: 3.08%. pre-tax ROA: 2.83%. pre-tax ROA: 2.68%. 3-yr average pre-tax ROA. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Molly Bennett, executive editor, Independent Banker. Less than $300 million. By William Atkinson. Philadelphia.

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A Better Deal

Independent Banker

Tax credits for Main Street lending. Like many community banks across the country, we have seen much of our consumer and small-businesses lending considerably curtailed by tax-exempt credit unions in the Denver metropolitan area that are aggressively marketing and expanding their lending far outside their congressionally limited purposes.

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Greenline Ventures Launches New Small Business Fund

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Denver-based Greenline Ventures is opening up a new fund to help finance small businesses in the U.S. The financing will leverage New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC), alongside private capital, to provide short-term financing to small businesses with competitive rates and flexible terms, the company said.

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How Cannabidiol Products Are Infusing Luxury Retail

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Worldwide legal cannabis products represented a $55 billion market in 2018, and most analysts estimate that it will have nearly tripled to reach $147 billion by 2025. the domestic market for legal cannabis in 2018 was $9.1 Here in the U.S., By 2025, estimates put it in the $15 billion range.

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Amazon Tracker: Cities Clamor To Become Amazon’s Home Away From Home

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So far, however, the candidates (including Toronto, Boston, Washington, Atlanta, Dallas and Denver) seem to suffer from the same shortcomings. Therefore, cities and states are willing to offer ridiculous terms and benefits, including massive tax breaks.

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