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Tax Reform Shows Early Signs Of SMB Bank Lending Impact

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tax reform led to much chatter and some confusion about exactly how changes would impact the nation’s small businesses (SMBs). Department of Treasury finalized rules that apply to SMBs on qualifying for a 20 percent tax deduction, with the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) applauding the initiative. percent rate.

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Open Banking Deepens Its SMB Accounting, Lending Presence

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As Open Banking spreads further into the small business (SMB) financial services market, accounting and lending platforms are taking advantage. FreshBooks Inks Tax Integration Deal. Xero, Square Integrate For Faster Invoice Payments. Simply Completes First Open Banking Funding. Funding Xchange Unlocks SMB Data For Loan Quotes.

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Funding Options Criticizes UK Approach To Late SMB Tax Payments

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Alternative small business lending platform Funding Options has criticized U.K. tax authorities’ approach to small businesses that fall behind on tax payments. The tax authority applied to close 4,160 businesses last year, reports noted. That’s an 11.5 That’s an 11.5

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KPMG Debuts SMB Accounting, Tax Platform

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KPMG is taking further steps into the small business financial services world with a new tax and accounting solution for SMBs, the company announced Thursday (Dec. In 2015 the firm announced a partnership with InvestDen, a small business debt crowdfunding site, and a collaboration with supply chain payments firm Taulia.

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Intuit QuickBooks Adds New Tax Prep Features — Is Payroll Next?

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EXCLUSIVE – First SME loans, now tax preparation features, business software provider Intuit QuickBooks clearly has plans of becoming a comprehensive platform for its SME customers. Is employee payments through the Quickbooks platform going to be their next feature?

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UK SMEs Way Behind On Tax Payments

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The marketplace lending platform said Tuesday (Jan. Funding Options pointed to late B2B payments in particular as a key factor behind why small businesses are struggling to pay their taxes. That means SMEs are facing late payment penalties from HMRC, the U.K. 24) that SMEs in the nation owe nearly $3.25

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Helping The Smallest Businesses Navigate Credit – And Taxes

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As relayed in recent coverage and interviews with Fundbox and Keeper Tax, the needs (and opportunities) are significant. trillion: Value of the small business lending market as estimated by the CFPB. 20 percent: Keeper Tax’s estimate of gig workers’ tax “overpayment.”.

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