This is called payment for order flow, and trader-blogger Jeffrey Carter explains the problem.
Not surprisingly, the established exchanges would like to ban payment for order flow, or at least make sure the customers know what is going on.
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The main difference being that the more traditional model, featuring pro-rata allocation and collection of payment for order flow, is more geared towards one facet of the investing community, comprised in large part by retail investors who are using options limit orders and other very simple strategies.
The IRS requires that the amount I flow through as direct payment to myself as shareholder-owner be representative of what I do within the corporation.
After meeting with them in person to understand their situation, we helped them get through their short-term cash flow problems by changing and extending their payment terms.
In fact, if you are a bit tight on cash flow, you can select the timing of the payment.
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If, however, some of the payment could be tax deductible, it would ease the cash flow burden for the daughter.
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And she says that strong cash flow generation points to further debt reduction and a reduced interest payment burden in 2012 and beyond.
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I've also reduced the expected payment from Cloosh by a year and a half's worth of operating cash flow, since it will not be received until the end of 2013.
That is because there is no natural income flow, unlike with bonds, in which investors receive a regular interest payment, said Thomas Kressin, who heads currency strategy for Pacific Investment Management Co. from Munich.
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Indeed, some 43% of companies were renegotiating contracts without significantly addressing cash-flow problems such as unpaid bills, even though a third said suppliers were requesting improved payment terms.
Payment processors and ad networkers would also be roped into this enforcement scheme in an attempt to block the flow of funds to sites that supposedly facilitate copyright infringement.
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