In the Deep South, the Alabama State Employees Association got caught last year taking undisclosed payments from a thirdparty for endorsing its retirement-plan offering to its union membership.
To process the payments, businesses must rely on third-party merchant service providers (MSPs), which offer a dizzying array of rate structures that range from a flat rate to a percentage of the amount charged to the card.
Campbell found evidence that the hosts of third-party webpages linked to from Landslide had used the portal to process payments to themselves from stolen cards.
Nina Olson, the national tax advocate, whose job at the IRS is to protect taxpayers' interests, has called for new laws that would require a third-party payroll service to post a bond for its clients that would cover any lost tax payments.