PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

tax reform on the small business community, but so far, small business owners say the overhauls have made little impact on their hiring practices. “We asked, ‘What effect on your hiring plans has the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act had?' . “We asked, ‘What effect on your hiring plans has the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act had?'”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Since 1992, when eCommerce was still in its infancy, online retailers have not had to collect sales tax. States can now tax sales by companies that do not have a physical presence within the state. Will this increasingly regulated online sales tax environment affect this growth? Online Sales Tax and Marketplaces.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Wayfair case that allowed states and individual cities to launch tax policies aimed at remote sellers and marketplaces is still reverberating in 2019 and will likely affect online retail in 2020. In Q3 2019, 14 states started collected online sales tax and 11 more followed in October. eBay Makes a Deal. Don’t cry for eBay, though.

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Abrigo

APRIL 6, 2016

“The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” Albert Einstein We could list many other amusing quotes about taxes and tax season. Tax season, as accounting firms know, is not just busy. Unless you intend to leave the firm, you're on board for taking care of whatever business tax season brings your way.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

this year, driven largely by tax reform. 26), which found that nearly three-quarters of surveyed advisors and brokers predict sales of SMBs in the country to increase this year. With the corporate tax rate dropping to 21 percent and the repatriation of overseas capital, companies will have more capital to allocate to acquisitions.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2018

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) submitted recommendations to policymakers this week, urging clarity and simplification in how the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act impacts small business (SMBs) accounting rules. The letter outlined eight recommendations for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

While most adults typically are excited about receiving their tax refunds to splurge on luxury items, research from the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics is telling a different story. Here are the numbers: 48 percent | Percentage who plan to put tax refunds into savings.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

For all the johnny-come-latelies who spend the hours before midnight on April 17 scrambling to submit their tax forms, there are millions more Americans who are sitting pretty with their tax refunds already in hand. It’s a peculiar part of tax season. While a National Retail Federation survey found that 65.5

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FICO

MAY 25, 2017

million digital records exposed the dark deeds of dirty money and tax evasion and burst the bubble of pretense that the world is effective at dealing with corruption. One in five banks in Asia Pacific say that they expect tax evasion to increase 100 to 500 percent over last year’s levels according to a recent poll by FICO.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2018

Tax reform played a key role for several corporate successes in the first quarter of 2018. ” Forty-four percent of survey respondents held larger cash and short-term investment balances by the end of the first quarter compared to the end of Q4 2017. Analysis found a significant increase in cash holdings among U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Chief financial officers (CFOs) taking part in The CFO Survey by Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and Atlanta are "reasonably optimistic about 2021," one of the study's leaders said in a news release. The CFO Survey data was gathered Nov. 30 through Dec.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

Recent data from PYMNTS shows 84 percent of surveyed gig workers would do more work if they were paid faster. How Smarter Payments are Enabling Instant Tax Refunds. Approximately 15 million tax filers begin the process of getting a refund in January.

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MyBankTracker

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

MyBankTracker surveyed 1,001 people aged from 25 to 34 to see how much of a budget setback the pandemic recession has been. This article will highlight the key findings of that survey, and offer tips on how millennials can overcome recent economic setbacks. Over 1/2 of Those Surveyed Reined in Spending. Key Findings.

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FICO

JUNE 11, 2019

Tax agencies have a limited amount of resources to pursue tax compliance activities (collections and audit). Tax Compliance - Why Use Analytical Models at Tax Agencies? The IRS, among other tax agencies are investing in predictive analytics. Tax Compliance - Predictive Analytical Models. Three Types.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

Hence the revelation by the Online Trust Alliance (OTA) that almost half of 13 “free” E-File tax sites recommended by the IRS fail OTA’s rigorous security testing. Privacy did not see any massive failure, though OTA did note that all sites it surveyed share data with third-party marketers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

It collects taxes, administers tax law and policy and oversees charities. As a result of the breach, the CRA said more than 11,000 of 12 million personal accounts were compromised, including online portals accessing tax payer data and COVID-19 relief programs. Last month, a national survey found more than 80 percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

People took to social media to express their anger, some stating that they’ve had the same bank account for a dozen years and others complaining that their tax payments got deducted but they can’t get a deposit. If you filed last year’s or this year’s taxes we have your information.”. Just be patient, check back later,” says Garcia. “If

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

If death and taxes are sureties, insurance payments rank up there, as people insure homes and autos and apartments against any number of calamitous scenarios. Only 23 percent of those surveyed are satisfied with the way insurance firms disburse payments — nearly at the bottom of the barrel.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2019

The CBA said it will look to include smaller and mid-sized banks on the platform, with eventual additions of tax agencies and customs activities to the platform. Separately, the South Korean government has been eyeing tax breaks for blockchain in a move that looks to bring innovation to the region.

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blockchain Taxes Security Survey 206

TheGuardian

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

of total borrowers, according to the Australian National University’s Australian tax and welfare system model. Households diverting at least 30% of their disposable income to service a mortgage – a standard stress gauge – will account for 48.5% Continue reading.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The GAO did note that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) implemented several recommendations to make sure people got the payments, including extended deadlines for those who hadn’t filed an income tax return until Sept. However, the GAO still said the IRS had to update the information on how many people hadn’t seen their money yet.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

This week’s B2B Data Digest dives into the latest surveys of U.S. Although hiring slowed in September, small businesses continue to remain optimistic and have even reported some significant benefits resulting from late-2017’s tax reform. The firm surveyed more than 300 U.S. 76 percent of U.S. 37 percent of SMBs said the U.S.-China

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

When asked if working from home will continue to chill business travel, Tisch said surveys are indicating as much. Tisch recommended Congress extend the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) at least until the end of the year, adjust the tax code, reinstate the business meals deduction and adopt a tax credit for travel.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

“Economic incentives given by governments — say, tax credits, or others for job training — make a lot of sense,” Harker said. “I I would encourage more of these public-private partnerships through those kinds of tax credits.”.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

It is with this admiration of our 30th president, the Great Refrainer, the one that presided over the Roaring Twenties when life improved significantly for all Americans, that I read the official results of the 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey administered by professors from the University of Housten and Coastal Carolina University.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has released the results of a survey of small to medium-sized businesses’ (SMBs) embrace of open banking two years since the framework took hold and discovered that SMBs continue to distrust lenders. The FSB surveyed 1,000 SMB owners about their data sharing habits. According to reports Monday (Jan.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Abrigo's Business Lending Readiness Survey found many processes stymie those efforts. Abrigo’s 2020 Business Lending Readiness Survey found many bankers are dealing with processes that stymie those efforts. Survey: Repetitive data entry common. Another 9% of respondents said turnaround is 8 weeks or longer. learn more.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

As PYMNTS has detailed though an ongoing series of consumer surveys, the shift to digital commerce is becoming ever more pronounced. In just a few examples: More than 42 percent of consumers surveyed are engaging in retail shopping via the web as of the end of May, up markedly from the 12.3 percent seen in March.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Consumers and microbusinesses now get an average of two disbursements each year, excluding tax disbursements from local, state and federal governments. The study surveyed more than 5,000 U.S. 1: Instant disbursements as a percentage of all non-tax disbursements in the U.S. Fast Fact No. are growing — but slowly.

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FICO

JANUARY 22, 2020

We recently conducted a survey with banks in the region and found that 4 out of 5 (78 percent) have seen their fraud losses increase. The survey bore this out with 40 percent of banks in FICO’s survey naming social engineering as the number one fraud concern when it comes to real-time payments. by Dan McConaghy.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2020

Reports said business users of the payroll software had funds taken out for tax purposes, but the IRS insists these firms have millions of dollars in unpaid tax bills and penalties. Payroll Professionals Inc owner Myles Hannigan is serving a four-year sentence after pleading guilty to tax fraud, reports noted.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

They also need to collect and verify vendors’ details to comply with anti-crime regulations, adhere to tax reporting requirements and deliver convenient digital payments to these suppliers. Preventing crime also includes thwarting tax fraud, and companies must obtain certain details to fulfill their tax reporting responsibilities.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 6, 2017

“We’re seeing broad pickup in cloud services and other emerging technologies,” Asgeirsson said in a recent news release describing results from a recent survey by CPA.com and the AICPA’s Private Companies Practice Section. Some 90 percent of respondents in the Future of the Cloud Computing Survey reported they use the cloud in some way.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Consumers in Italy are embracing a new government effort designed to strengthen retail sales while tamping down on tax evasion that lets purchasers get a 10 percent reimbursement on card payments conducted in brick-and-mortar venues. The survey data was collected between Nov 30 and Dec.

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Heated competition for bank funding is an increasingly important focus for community bank leaders, according to an annual survey released today by the Federal Reserve, the FDIC and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors. The post Survey Finds Cost of Funds Top of Mind for Community Bankers appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

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. Amid a wave of new surveys released on small business sentiment, PYMNTS wades through the data to examine how entrepreneurs are handling the array of worries with which they must deal.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2018

A new survey from K2E Canada suggests small business accountants understand that technological disruption is a major challenge, yet few are addressing the issue. The survey found that only 33 percent of sole practitioners and 26 percent of small accounting firms have updated their tax software in the last five years.

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