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Maui County property tax payment due by Aug. 20
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (154+ words) The first installment of Maui County real property taxes for fiscal year 2026-27 is due by Aug. 20, the Department of Finance announced. Tax bills have been mailed to all property owners or their agents, the department reported. If property owners did…...
California Middle Class Tax Refund Cards Expire, $400M Returned to State – Hannah Howell
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (708+ words) California Middle Class Tax Refund Cards Expire, $400M Returned to State hannahhowell.com The California Franchise Tax Board closed one of the state’s largest inflation relief programs on April 30, 2026, as the Middle Class Tax Refund debit card accounts reached their mandated…...
Inflation relief debit cards with unclaimed funds set to expire April 30th
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (127+ words) If you still have an inflation relief debit card from a few years ago, you might want to use it or lose it. In 2022, California issued $9 billion in direct payments that were sent to nearly 32 million Californians under the Middle…...
'It's going to shock a lot of businesses': surcharge impact to be felt in the Riverina
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (386+ words) Wagga business owners have mixed feelings about the impending surcharge ban on EFTPOS transactions. Customers will no longer have to pay hidden charges from October 2026 as the Reserve Bank moves to stamp out fees for electronic payments. The announcement made…...
RBA surcharge cuts and the ramifications for the card giants
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (283+ words) RBA’s surcharge ban strips away industry excuses and forces banks and small business to confront costs, all as payment behemoth Mastercard faces a defining showdown with the ACCC. Expert news and commentary, accessible anytime on web & app. Swipe through the…...
Australia to scrap card surcharges in October
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (293+ words) The RBA noted businesses charging the same rate on all cards. Australia’s central bank is removing surcharges on debit, prepaid, and credit cards on designated eftpos and card networks, saying that it no longer achieves its original purpose. Separately, the…...
Shoppers set to wear cost of card surcharge ban
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (46+ words) Cheyanne is a business reporter at The West Australian. Prior to joining the team in Perth, she spent nine months at the Pilbara News, covering general news, council, court and sports. Cheyanne holds a double major in Journalism and Global…...
Reserve Bank hands down card surcharge decision
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (296+ words) The RBA says it will remove card surcharges by 1 October. Image: yuttapon/stock.adobe.com The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has published its Review of Merchant Card Payment Costs and Surcharging, with reforms now set to be introduced to…...
Card surcharges are officially dead in Australia from October
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (231+ words) The Reserve Bank of Australia has officially banned card payment surcharges across all eftpos, Mastercard and Visa networks nationwide. Stay up to date with what’s happening in and around Melbourne here. Alongside the surcharge removal, the RBA is lowering the…...
Will the surcharge ban be the death of credit card rewards
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1102+ words) Compare Account & Transfers The RBA confirmed on Tuesday that it will move to scrap surcharges on both credit and debit cards across the Visa, Mastercard and eftpos network from 1 October. The RBA says it will: A 2025 Canstar survey of 3,001 Australians…...