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Security innovation hasn’t been enough to stop tax payments fraud

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Tax-related identity theft can be especially worrisome, not only for the monetary consequences it carries, but tax documents often contain highly sensitive information, like Social Security numbers, writes Paige Schaffer, president and COO of Generali Global Assistance’s Identity and Digital Protection Services Global Unit.

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Deep Dive: How Firms Can Avoid Costly Mistakes Come Tax Season

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businesses are likely already feeling tax season’s pressures. Filing is exhausting and complicated for individuals, and businesses experience those tax difficulties to a far greater degree. SMBs And Manual Tax Frustrations. Digitizing these processes can ease SMBs’ tax frustrations. Spring may seem far away, but U.S.

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Thailand Govt Eyes Blockchain To Track Taxes

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As the saying goes, nothing in life is certain but death and taxes. To be certain of taxes, will blockchain seal the deal? Last week, Thailand’s Revenue Department was reported to be bringing blockchain projects into the fold to track tax payments, aided by machine learning.

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Bitcoin Daily: UK Tax Agency Defines Crypto As Commodities; Crypto Exchange Bittrex Sued For SIM Card Bitcoin Theft

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s tax authority has released cryptocurrency tax guidance for businesses, revealing that crypto assets will still be defined as commodities. That means that companies that participate in trading exchange tokens must make tax payments. I think this is a problem that requires a lot of solutions and a lot of layers of security.

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5 Big reasons to go digital with SMB & commercial lending

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Takeaway 1 Many financial institutions used a customer portal for PPP, but once the program ended, went back to old manual processes, Takeaway 2 Automating lending provides a secure portal between the bank and customer and automated workflows that speed origination. The customer portal for requesting financials and tax returns.

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Hedging Bets, Hedging Taxes As Taxman Cometh For Cryptos  

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Tax policy. The move to grab billions of dollars in holdings amid wild speculation has come against a backdrop where tax policy remains unsure. The upshot may be taxes owed, or penalties looming … or both. You can’t tax something – a least not easily – without defining what is being taxed. A currency?

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Tax Havens And Money Laundering Suspected In Deutsche Bank Raid

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Federal authorities in Germany raided six offices of Deutsche Bank on Thursday morning (November 29), searching for evidence about money laundering and offshore tax havens, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The searches could very well continue into Friday, authorities said.

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