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TABS TALK: September 2022

As usual in our bi-monthly digital business update, we have collected interesting topics relevant to your U.S. subsidiary, such as information about taxes, legislation, HR matters, and more. Tax News Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Filing Deadline Approaching If you requested a tax extension for your CIT 2021 last April, your tax return will be due on October 17, 2022. State income tax due dates typically follow the federal deadline. New Sales and Use Tax Rates in CA Operative October 1, 2022 The state of...

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Amesto Global announces new office in Barcelona, Spain

Limerick, Ireland | 1st September 2022 | Amesto Global is thrilled to announce the opening of a new office in Barcelona, Spain to serve clients operating and growing in South- and South-East European countries. This new opening marks another office for Amesto Global, with additional offices in the United States, Ireland and the Nordics. We will be launching operations in Barcelona on the 1st of September as part of our own growth trajectory. As a key market for innovative technology, Spain...

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European Fiscal Governance: A Proposal from the IMF

'High debt and rising interest rates put a premium on improved governance to anchor fiscal policy in EU member states.' Given the central role of fiscal policy in addressing both recent crises and future challenges, the call to reform fiscal governance in Europe resonates like never before. Fiscal policy provides essential support when households and firms are hit by large shocks, such as the pandemic, or when monetary policy is constrained. However, that requires healthy public finances. High debt and rising...

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Jaguar Freight | Weekly Roar: A Ray of Hope on the Horizon at West Coast Ports?

In this week’s Roar: looking good in LA/LB, tightening air cargo capacity, box rates down… but still up, too much inventory in Europe, and the long-term impact from the Felixstowe strike. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach seem to have pulled off the impossible. For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic only eight ships are waiting for berths as of last week. This, after what may have been the worst traffic jam in US supply...

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US/Digital: EU opens new Office in San Francisco to reinforce its Digital Diplomacy

Today, the European Union opens its new office in San Francisco, California, a global centre for digital technology and innovation. The office will reinforce the EU’s cooperation with the United States on digital diplomacy and strengthen the EU’s capacity to reach out to key public and private stakeholders, including policy makers, the business community, and civil society in the digital technology sector. The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, said: “The...

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IMF | Reimagining Money in the Age of Crypto and Central Bank Digital Currency

The recent plunge in crypto assets has left investors numbed by losses and surely in doubt. But the future of money is undoubtedly digital. The question is, what will it look like? In our latest issue of Finance & Development, some of the world’s leading experts try to answer this complex and politically charged question. Of course, digital money has been developing for some time already. New technologies hope to democratize finance and broaden access to financial products and...

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Vulcan Insight | Foreign Ministers agree to suspend Russia visa facilitation Agreement

On Wednesday, EU Foreign Ministers met in Prague for an informal Foreign Affairs Council hosted by the Czech Presidency of the Council. After countries logged heads in the past week over whether to fully suspend visa for Russians, Ministers found a compromise agreement by suspending a visa facilitation agreement with Russia.  The 2007 Agreement was designed to streamline the process, its suspension will once again make the visa application process for Russians lengthier and more expensive. Whether this will, however, deter...

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MJV Technology & Innovation | Reframing in Design Thinking: an iterative tool to get the right answers

Learn how reframing offers different perspectives on business issues. This insightful, iterative skill ensures you find the right questions — and the right answers. Reframing is a multipurpose iterative and problem solving skill that can be used to reposition or pivot the core problem of a project within a structured innovation process.. There’s a traditional quote in design and research methodologies that states the worst possible mistake in business is “getting the right answer to the wrong question.” This is exactly what...

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ACG Resources | Resolving Communication Problems Within The Office

Communication, or the lack thereof, within a company can lead to many issues. Lack of communication causes frustration with the team and causes the company to be less effective as a whole. Here are a few ways to better manage communication in the work place: Have Regular Meetings to Discuss Happenings Meeting with staff regularly to discuss problems and other happenings in the work place, will help keep everyone involved. Meeting not just one on one, but with everyone at once...

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Russian war adds uncertainty and volatility to EU financial markets

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s securities markets regulator, today publishes the second Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities (TRV) Report of 2022. The Russian war on Ukraine against a backdrop of already-increasing inflation has profoundly impacted the risk environment of EU financial markets, with overall risks to ESMA’s remit remaining at its highest level. In the first half of 2022 financial markets saw faltering recoveries, increasing volatility and likelihood of market corrections. Separately, crypto-markets saw large falls in...

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