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CPA & Accountants: What You Should Know About Credit Card Surcharging & It's Legality 1 Credit

CPA & Accountants: What You Should Know About Credit Card Surcharging & It's Legality 1 Credit

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Learning Objectives

  • To recount the history of the credit card processing industry
  • To recognize what a credit card surcharge is, its rules and when/how should it be applied.
  • To identify the merchant account fee structure a little in detail.
  • To identify various strategies to reduce your credit card processing fees through alternate means
  • To identify the errors, inflated fees & hidden charges in credit card processing.

Course Overview

A surcharge, also known as a checkout fee, is an extra fee charged by a merchant when receiving a payment by credit card also known as the merchant service fee or credit card fees, etc. The New York law prohibits businesses from posting a cash price and adding a fee when customers choose credit (a “credit card surcharge”). However, the law permits businesses to post a credit card price and charge less when customers choose cash, check, or equivalent means (a “cash discount”). Similar “no-surcharge” laws exist in 9 other U.S. states. Credit card companies make money off cardholders in a wide range of ways and their income has been experiencing solid growth for years.

They charge for

  • Interest Income
  • Interchange Fees
  • Cash Advance Fees
  • Annual Fees
  • Penalty Fees
  • Enhancement Income

Credit card company made 163 billion of these Incomes in 2016 from Businesses & Individuals. This money comes from the bank account of business who happens to be your client or whom you work for. 

In this Free CPE webinar session, we will detail out

  • The steps one must take to properly (and legally) implement to protect from credit card surcharging.
  • As well as what are the other ways to reduce credit card processing fees.
  • And how you can advise your clients/companies reducing surcharging fees from credit card companies.

CPA or Accountants or Tax Professionals this webinar will give you insights on advising your clients on how to significantly reduce your credit processing fees and will help you in being a valued advisor. 

CFO, Staff Accountants, Director of Finance, Controller you are always expected to improve bottom-line of your company, this webinar will help you in understanding step by step how you can really reduce your company’s credit processing fees up to 50% and that too without switch processor.

On Demand Credits for All Qualifications

License details Credits Status
Finance for Certified Public Accountants (CPA-US) 1 CPE Approved
Finance for CPA in Canada 1 CPD Eligible
Corporate Finance for Certified Management Accountants (CMA) 1 CPE Eligible
Finance for Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) 1 CPD Eligible
Finance for Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) 1 PL Eligible
Finance for Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) 1 CPE Eligible
Financial Planning for Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) 1 CE Eligible
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) 1 CPD Eligible
Certified Wealth Strategist (CWS) 1 CE Eligible
Chartered Accountant - ICAEW 1 CPD Eligible
Certified Fiduciary and Investment Risk Specialist (CFIRS) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP) 1 CE Eligible
Finance for Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) 1 CPE Eligible
Financial Planning for Wealth Management Certified Professional (WMCP) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Financial Services Certified Professional (FSCP) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Chartered Advisor in Senior Living (CASL) 1 CE Eligible
Financial Planning for Chartered Special Needs Consultant (ChSNC) 1 CE Eligible
CPA - Ireland 1 CPD Eligible
Chartered Accountants - Scotland 1 CPD Eligible
Finance for CIPM 1 PL Eligible
Finance for Certified Business Appraiser (CBA)/Master Certified Business Appraiser (MCBA) 1 CPE Eligible
General finance principles and financial concepts for Certified FP&A Professional (FP&A) 1 CE Eligible
Chartered Accountants - Ireland (CAI) 1 CPD Eligible

Additional Information

Credit

1

Course Level

Basic

Instructional Method

QAS Self Study

Group Internet Based

Pre-requisites

None

Advance Preparation

None

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About Instructor

Jeremy Layton

Jeremy Layton

Advisor, Verisave

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Jeremy Layton started Verisave back in 2001 with the service of identifying and collecting overpayments made by their customers to their suppliers. In 2010 Jeremy noticed that most of his customers were paying a lot of money to process credit card payments. After digging a little deeper, he found that most of his customers were actually paying much more than they needed to and Jeremy was determined to help them reduce these fees. Over the past 10 years Jeremy has become an expert in all things relating to the credit card processing industry. In fact, Verisave saved its customers over $30 million on credit card processing fees.

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Reviews and Ratings

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Bridget Miller, CPA (US)

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The video was good quality as was the information presented. It is not relevant to my job as I am a Corporate Accountant. However, I had done a research paper in the past on credit card fees so I enjoyed hearing additional information that I was unaware of.

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Jacob Pittman, CPA (US)

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I saw this webinar and thought how would I learn something applicable. I finished it with some new knowledge and tools that are definitly vita.

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