The tax authorities also may disregard the existence of the intermediary company based on substance-over-form principles.

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Given that a large number of corporations are already self-insured and only use health insurance companies to administer their programs, it is not difficult to see how these companies could move to a system where they simply pay the ACO directly rather than use the insurance company as an intermediary.

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According to Visible Vote's legal team, the company qualifies as an intermediary that is allowed to forward earmarked campaign contributions to a candidate.

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The company acts as an online intermediary between fans who want to buy and sell tickets and takes a 25% commission on ticket sales.

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In the case of Visa and MasterCard (nyse: MA - news - people ), when a credit card is swiped, the transaction gets relayed--via an intermediary--to the credit card company, which then sluices the funds to the merchant's bank account.

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Gazprom turned out to be buying gas from a small independent gas company, Novatek, through an intermediary, Transinvestgas.

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Advertising agencies that purchase media space through intermediary online networks require, in their contracts, specific warranties and obligations that the company's advertisements will not be associated with any objectionable content.

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