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JANUARY 6, 2020

Tax Problem Resolution Services. It all started with the Tea Party in Boston, when American colonists protested British taxes levied “without representation.” The IRS didn’t come into being until 1862, to handle our first national income tax, 3% of income, levied to fund the Civil War. That tax expired in 1872, but again in the early twentieth century, just before World War I, Congress passed the Sixteenth Amendment, which imposed income taxes again.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), said it has completed the “top-level” design of its proposed digital currency, according to reports. The PBOC released the information in a recently released paper, saying that the “top-level design, standard formulation, functional research and development” of the digital yuan coin has been completed.

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Patriot Software

JANUARY 6, 2020

Offering employees attractive benefits is a great way to improve engagement and retention. FSAs and HSAs are healthcare plans that cover medically-related expenses not included under a traditional health plan. Do you know the difference between HSA vs. FSA? Both employers and employees should understand the difference between HSA and FSA. Read on to learn […].

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Katz,Sapper&Miller

JANUARY 6, 2020

Every day, KSM helps clients turn inspiration into action. Now join us in congratulating four women who inspire us: Lisa Curry and Beth Scott, our two newest partners; Erin Eberly, appointed to our executive management committee; and Amy Lehrman, promoted to managing director of our Fort Wayne office.

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Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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JANUARY 4, 2020

Do you dream of a flexible schedule, living where you vacation, and being your own boss? Starting a business takes risk, hard work, and grit. Living in the resort town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado we have noticed gaps that need to be filled. In this article, we will cover possible business ideas that cater to your town and steps to take to validate your business.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

The central bank in China said it has accepted an American Express application to start working in the country, according to a report by Reuters. The news was released in a social media post by the official People’s Bank of China (PBOC) account on Wednesday (Jan. 8). The post did not say when Amex would start operations in the country. In November of 2018, Amex got approval to clear card payments by the PBOC , making it the first company of its kind to get access to what will become the largest

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JANUARY 6, 2020

Ten years ago, the world of payments and commerce was in a very different place. ISOs sold terminals and card processing, mostly to brick-and-mortar merchants. Square was a newbie, largely written off as a wrought-with-fraud business model that would never survive and scale. The Collison brothers had founded Stripe, but it would be a year before it would be in-market.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

Following anxieties that robots would replace their jobs, small business (SMB) accountants are now on a path to potentially become more strategic partners with their SMB clients. Many industry players are touting the ability to use analytics and automation technology to handle mundane, time-consuming tasks, freeing up resources for accountants to take on more advisory roles.

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JANUARY 5, 2020

Burger King is letting people pay their way in Venezuela with a new bitcoin partnership that enables cryptocurrency purchases, CoinTelegraph reported on Saturday (Jan. 4). Confirmed in a Dec. 30 tweet by @cryptobuyer, a Panama-based crypto platform, there is one Burger King in the Sambil area of Caracas that accepts coin payments from bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin, Binance Coin, Dash and the stablecoin Tether.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

The share of listed companies in the U.S. that are losing money is nearing 40 percent, which is the highest level since the 90s outside of a recession, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. This time, there are no recessions and stock market indexes are at near or almost record highs. Some of the industries that are losing the most money include healthcare companies (at 42 percent of the loss-making companies) and tech stocks (17 percent).

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Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

It wasn’t long ago that the measure of a car or truck revolved around such things as the punch and pull of the engine, the smoothness of the transmission, perhaps even the thump of the stereo system. Those days are not exactly gone (those types of drivers still exist, and probably always will), but the standards have certainly changed, and will continue to do so.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

The development of digital identity solutions shows no signs of slowing in the new decade, with the mobile biometrics market expected to add $28.45 billion per year in incremental growth between 2018 and 2023. Facial authentication and cloud-based subscription services are particularly popular, with applications ranging from unlocking personal smartphones to providing secure access to top-secret government facilities.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

To challenge hackers to find flaws in its vehicles, Tesla , the electric automaker, is returning to the Pwn2Own hacking competition run by Trend Micro ’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), electrek reported. Some Model 3 vehicles and approximately $1 million are said to be for the taking. “Driving off with a brand-new Model 3 will be a harder challenge this year, which means the potential rewards will be much higher as well,” ZDI said in a press release.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

U.S. shopping malls have reached the pinnacle of struggle, with empty shops hitting a 20-year high, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Tuesday (Jan. 7). By the end of 2019, there were more vacant stores than at any time during the past two recessions, according to Reis Moody’s Analytics. People are shopping and spending is strong, but eCommerce is getting most of the sales rather than physical stores.

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Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.

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JANUARY 6, 2020

When it comes to late B2B payments, there’s good news and bad news. The good news stems from the U.K., where new research has found that fewer invoices were paid late to small businesses (SMBs) in 2019 than in 2018. Among the success stories of the nation’s efforts to combat late supplier payments is construction firm Kier Construction, which, according to The Construction Index , has been reinstated to the U.K.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Israel’s technology sector had a banner year in 2019, raising $8.3 billion in 522 deals, a 30 percent growth over 2018, ZAG law firm announced Tuesday (Jan. 8). “2019 marked a record year, capping a decade of successive increases in capital invested in the Israeli high-tech industry,” said Shmulik Zysman, ZAG founding partner. “This growth is partly due to the growing foreign capital invested in the Israeli high-tech industry.”.

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JANUARY 6, 2020

A typical episode of TLC’s “Say Yes To The Dress” can offer one the basic sketch of the drama that is buying a wedding dress. Though the details change somewhat episode to episode, the story pretty much always follows the same arc: The bridal party enters, the bride explains her vision, dresses are tried on, fights break out, bitter tears are shed, the right dress is found, the price tag is seen, more bitter tears are shed, the bride says yes to the dress and everyone drinks champagne by minute

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JANUARY 4, 2020

In the day-to-day life of the regular law-abiding internet user, the dark web is mostly a scary unknown. Insofar as the average consumer knows, that side of the web – which is accessible only via a TOR server – is the place where their personal information is sold whenever there is a data breach. A slightly more knowledgeable consumer might also know that the dark web is where one goes to buy illegal things with bitcoin.

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Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

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JANUARY 9, 2020

Enterprise digitization continues to ramp up the availability of data, and open up new opportunities for in-depth analysis of that information. However, it’s no longer enough for solution providers to simply analyze corporate data. Businesses demand actionable insights, and analytics technology must be tailored to users in a way that can guide corporate strategy.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Google Assistant is aiming to help users in even more ways thanks to new features the company debuted at CES 2020 throughout this past week. Later this year, the popular virtual assistant, which is available on mobile and smart home devices in 90 countries and engaged by nearly half a billion users each month in 30 languages, will read web pages aloud in a more pleasant, realistic voice.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

Consumers have always influenced how payment methods evolve – stretching back centuries to the barter system, and extending, now, into the digital age. And as payments are done in bits and bytes, across all manner of use cases, consumers prize convenience and personalization. For merchants, it’s imperative to take stock of the existing (and evolving) payment preferences that can be markedly different across generations – but delivering a seamless experience is a way to cement loyalty and drive r

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JANUARY 6, 2020

PayPal has completed a $4 billion deal — its largest to date — to acquire the shopping rewards platform Honey Science Corporation , PayPal announced Monday (Jan. 6). With Honey, PayPal is striving to revamp the shopping journey for its customers while upping eCommerce sales and shopper engagement for its merchants. Founded in 2012, Honey has grown from an eCommerce price-tracking tool to an expanded suite of services that include a shopping assistant and rewards program.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

Digital identity solutions are becoming increasingly necessary as the world’s population grows. An estimated 1.1 billion people worldwide lack basic ID credentials, according to the World Bank, and that number rises even higher when it includes individuals with poor-quality IDs that cannot be easily verified. Those without access to verifiable credentials are often restricted from obtaining vital services like education and healthcare.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

No one knows just what Brexit will mean for commerce, for international trade, for currencies across the Continent. The only certainty is that the effects will be far-reaching. We’re about to find out what it all means, of course, as the beginning, well, begins. After nearly three years in the making, and barring any unforeseen events, Brexit will dawn at the end of the month.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

In the coming cyberwar with Iran, the U.S. may get hit hard. Planes may fall out of the sky, the financial system may be crippled, the energy grid may go dark — actually, it’s likely that none of this will come to pass. Amid the headlines speculating how, when and why Iran may respond to the killing last week of a top general, Qassem Soleimani, Director Samuel S.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Researchers have reported concerns about the timely importance of addressing deep fakes and other types of digital deception amid the backdrop of the upcoming presidential election. . The House’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce heard digital experts, as well as a representative from Facebook, testify in regards to the measures tech firms are using to fight against deepfakes, and what further actions should occur at the federal level, CNBC reported Wednesday (Jan. 8).

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When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

When Sabre and Visa announced a new partnership in April to pair Visa virtual commercial cards with the Sabre Virtual Payments gateway , the goals were fairly big: create a virtual B2B travel payments solution that was faster, more secure and more transparent for buyers and suppliers. That is a tall order in the global travel market — an $8 trillion (with a “t”) industry that spans the entire surface of the planet.

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Katz,Sapper&Miller

JANUARY 8, 2020

On Dec. 19, 2019, the IRS released a long-awaited gift to the tax and investment communities. A robust 544-page dissertation in the form of final Qualified Opportunity Zone regulations. The proposed guidance issued prior to the release of these final regulations left many unanswered questions and produced more than a few perplexing outcomes.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

A cyberattack is being blamed for holding up paychecks from the remaining staff at the beleaguered Barneys New York. A source told Page Six on Wednesday (Jan. 8), “No one got paid last week. We were told a group of cyber hackers took over one of our subsequent systems, the system we use to get paid. They didn’t initially tell us. They said the systems were hacked on Thursday — when we noticed our checks weren’t uploaded on the platforms.”.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Fresh foods present a singular problem for grocers when it comes to keeping the shelves stocked. They don’t come with expiration dates stamped on, they tend to vary in terms of quality and seasonal availability, consumer preferences are highly variable and they have a relatively short shelf life. As a result, of the eight million tons of food retailers throw away annually, the vast majority are fresh foods that spoiled before they were ever sold.

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