Dollar declines on firm Fed rate cut in September

Dollar declines on firm Fed rate cut in September

The EURUSD pair rebound to near the psychological resistance of 1.1000 in Friday’s New York session. The major currency pair bounced back as the US Dollar declined with investors gaining confidence that the Federal Reserve will start reducing interest rates from the September meeting. The DXY Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback’s value against six … Read more

Sterling gives up gains amid cautious mood

Sterling gives up gains amid cautious mood

The GBPUSD pair surrendered its intraday gains and fell back to near 1.2730 in Friday’s New York session as the Cable comes under pressure amid cautious market mood. The S&P 500 opened with some losses, exhibiting that the risk-appetite of investors is weak. The US Dollar consolidated in a tight range, with investors focusing on … Read more

Silver under pressure on fears of global slowdown

Silver under pressure on fears of global slowdown

Silver is down by more than 5%, skidding below $28.00 in Monday trading. XAGUSD took a nosedive to an almost three-month low as fears of a global economic slowdown has intensified following a string of US economic data that indicated the nation is moving towards a recession. Recent US data showed signs of slower labour … Read more

Democrats Dare GOP to Vote Against Child, Business Tax Breaks

Democrats Dare GOP to Vote Against Child, Business Tax Breaks

Democrats in the Senate are daring their GOP colleagues to vote against a $78 billion tax package that would expand the child tax credit and boost tax breaks for companies with large capital and domestic research expenditures. A procedural vote on the stalled bill, which passed the House in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote in January … Read more

After pressure from business groups, downsized Santa Rosa business tax proposal heads to council

After pressure from business groups, downsized Santa Rosa business tax proposal heads to council

About 20 of the highest grossing businesses — including large medical care providers, big box retailers and some contractors — would’ve seen their taxes increase to $100,000 or more. For example, a medical office whose gross receipts total $167.6 million annually would have paid $586,500, under the proposal, a more than 19,000% jump, according to … Read more

State of Tax: Multistate Group Meets, Oregon Tax Hike on Ballot

State of Tax: Multistate Group Meets, Oregon Tax Hike on Ballot

The week in state tax: The Multistate Tax Commission reviewed bundled digital products taxes, new audit processes, and more at its annual meeting in Denver. Meanwhile, Oregonians will vote on raising corporate taxes to fund a rebate program, and another state offers business deductions to cannabis businesses. Tax Group Weighs Digital Products, Punts on Trucking … Read more

Dollar slides ahead of US NFP

Dollar slides ahead of US NFP

Euro-Dollar edged higher to near the round-level resistance of 1.0800 in European trading on Friday, with the performance of the currency pair remaining weak in the past few days. EURUSD failed to discover significant buying interest, even though the Fed has leaned towards pivoting to policy normalisation in September. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve kept … Read more

How AI-driven ERP systems are transforming corporate tax departments – Thomson Reuters Institute

How AI-driven ERP systems are transforming corporate tax departments - Thomson Reuters Institute

Artificial intelligence and ERP systems are a critical way to optimize data management and streamline tax operations in corporate tax functions Corporate tax departments face many challenges in today’s complex and dynamic tax environment, having to deal with large volumes of data from various sources, ensure accuracy and consistency in tax reporting and compliance, and … Read more

US, Germany key holdouts as G20 nations push for a plan to tax world’s billionaires – ICIJ

US, Germany key holdouts as G20 nations push for a plan to tax world’s billionaires - ICIJ

The world’s most influential finance leaders vowed to work together toward effectively taxing the ultrarich but stopped short of agreeing on how to do so at a meeting in Rio de Janeiro last week. In a joint declaration on Friday, finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 20 major economies said that “ultra-high-net-worth individuals” … Read more

Focus on Eurozone inflation and Fed policy

Focus on Eurozone inflation and Fed policy

The EURUSD currency pair weakened to near 1.0835 in Monday’s European trading, declining amid uncertainty ahead of the Eurozone preliminary Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) for July and the Fed’s monetary policy announcement on Wednesday. The Eurozone inflation data will indicate whether market expectations for two more rate cuts by the European Central Bank this … Read more