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IRS Sends Refund Interest Checks To 13.9 Million Taxpayers

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Department of the Treasury and the IRS are planning to send out interest payments totaling $18 on average to 13.9 In any such incident, where the date is postponed from its usual April 15 deadline, the IRS is required to pay interest. Interest is paid at the legally prescribed rate, adjusted quarterly, according to the release.

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Consumer Stimulus Payments Expected This Week

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People with direct deposit on file with the IRS will be among the first to get coronavirus relief funds when stimulus payments start going out this week, according to numerous reports Sunday (April 12). Checks will go out first to people with the lowest adjusted gross income.

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100+ Payment Industry Terms Explained in Plain English

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Refunds & Adjustments Refund Returning money to a customer. Adjustment A correction to a transaction amount after processing. Strategy & Optimization Interchange Optimization Adjusting how transactions are submitted to lower costs. 1099-K A tax form that reports card and third-party payment volume to the IRS for U.S.

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Bitcoin Daily: IRS Offers $625K For Help Cracking Cryptocurrency Secrecy; Kuala Lumpur's IBF Net Eyes Blockchain For Recurring Payments

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The United States may have some of the world's best cryptographers working for the National Security Agency and other spy shops, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is crowdsourcing at least part of its effort to beat the algorithms that cloak information about certain cryptocurrencies. 1 have just taken effect.

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What Are AI Agents? A Practical Guide for Accounting Teams

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Furthermore, they adapt to business changes over time, whether its incorporating new data sources, adjusting to process updates, or adapting to changing regulatory requirements. Enhanced compliance : AI agents can be directed to scrape regulations to automatically detect changes and adjust accordingly. tax professionals.

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Getting Past ‘Standard’ To ‘Fair’: Tech Brings Efficiency To Mileage Reimbursements

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The task traditionally involves the official IRS mileage reimbursement rate (which, for 2019, stands at $0.58 Rather, it’s to point out the inherent inaccuracies that come with paper receipts, along with the misconceptions tied to the official IRS mileage reimbursement rate, which is adjusted annually.

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The Machine Learning Fix For Healthcare Disbursement Delays

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Financial institutions (FIs), businesses and healthcare providers are adjusting their operations to suit the new reality that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused. Disbursement stumbles have not been limited to the healthcare industry, either.

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