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How Pilot Is Innovating Corporate Taxes For Millennial-Run Businesses

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Tax season frustrations can blossom into real financial problems, especially when refunds are paper checks sent through postal mail. Recent research finds that 67 percent of millennial business owners operate independent companies rather than franchises. Proper tax education is critical to any business’s future, Daher said.

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Why Millennial SMB Owners Need Faster Tax Disbursements

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The joys of tax season: complex paperwork, long wait times and check disbursements. Many United States consumers are still reliant on paper checks when it comes to receiving their tax refunds, which represents the largest sum of money many of them will receive at one point during the fiscal year.

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Disbursements By Voice Are Growing In Popularity – And Other Instant Disbursements Trends

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Consumers and microbusinesses now get an average of two disbursements each year, excluding tax disbursements from local, state and federal governments. 1: Instant disbursements as a percentage of all non-tax disbursements in the U.S. Fast Fact No. are growing — but slowly. More than two-thirds of consumers (68.1

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Despite Plenty Of Concerns, SMB Optimism Holds Fast

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Small business owners have a lot on their plates today and, depending on who one asks, top concerns range from taxes to late invoice payments. That doesn’t mean non-millennial entrepreneurs are necessarily struggling, though. Eighty-one percent of U.S. billion in working capital is on the books for U.K.

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Deep Dive: Why State And Local Agencies In The US Still Struggle With Instant Payments

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Government disbursements can range from child support payments and annual tax returns to pension and retirement fund payouts. The IRS has accepted digitally filed tax documents and issued digital refunds for years, and it received approximately 29 million electronic returns via direct deposit between February 2018 and February 2019.

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SME Optimism Waning In Election Season, Says Capital One

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Now is a critical time for small businesses as the country anticipates a change in leadership and new opportunities and challenges, such as market dynamics and new regulations and tax laws, which can have a significant impact on business results,” stated Capital One Head of Small Business Banking Keri Gohman in announcing the results of the report.

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For SEC, Subpoenas No Mere “Token Interest” In ICOs

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And yet: How and why to regulate? And where – and just who should do the regulating? federal agencies that are trying to figure out if something is under their purview and should they [even] be regulating this.”. Obviously, there are tax issues and you’ve got the IRS involved,” said Patel. Asked by PYMNTS where U.S.