Month: December 2020

CNBC’s Jim Cramer urged Congress on Tuesday to quickly pass another piece of coronavirus stimulus legislation, saying key parts of the economy need help until Covid-19 vaccines are widely administered. “We are so close to getting this economy back on track, but these places that close, they can’t flip a switch and open again. That’s
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Pivotal Advisors founder Tiffany McGhee told CNBC on Tuesday that increasing opportunities for diverse businesses starts by recognizing historic barriers that had been in place, especially in the financial services industry. “If you’re interested in working with a diverse-owned firm, the traditional metrics might not work. We might not have a 50-year track record,” McGhee
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Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza has stated that the city’s Actuarially Required Contribution to the … [+] pension system each year is “unsustainable” and that he fears the city may need to file for bankruptcy in the future if it doesn’t alter pensions or receive an infusion of cash to stabilize its pension system. Boston Globe
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The way to understand how premiums are calculated on a term life insurance policy is to recognize that term life insurance is a collection of renewable one-year term policies. Consider that I buy a one-year term policy as a forty-year-old male. Given the mortality data I am using, the insurance company projects that over the
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getty It might have been a hard year, but if you’re lucky enough, you might still find a little year-end bonus in December’s paycheck. Before you get too excited, though, don’t forget the lesson learned from that holiday classic Christmas Vacation. “Don’t spend it before it has been paid,” says Steve Parrish, Co-Director of the
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Two railways tracks merge close up. getty For a taxpayer, it must be disappointing when the courts uphold your challenge to a state revenue agency auditor’s application of a regulation that resulted in an assessment for additional tax. Yet substantive challenges — including a taxpayer’s assertion that the auditor included transactions that are not taxable
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PALM BAY, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES – 2020/12/08: People line up to receive food at the Share Your … [+] Christmas food distribution event. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images One of the major skirmishes in the months-long battle over the fate of a new pandemic relief bill is
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Congressional Progressive Caucus members Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., center, accompanied by Rep. … [+] Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., speaks during a news conference on the targeted killing of Iran’s senior military commander Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ASSOCIATED PRESS The
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WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 16: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) walks out of the House … [+] Chamber and talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on December 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hosted a meeting as congressional negotiations on spending and economic relief legislation continued. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty
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Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about how income earned after filing can increase benefit rates, working and the earnings test while collecting a widow’s benefit and whether and how benefits can increase at FRA after withholdings due to the earnings test. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and
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Words TAX COURT composed of wooden letters. Statue Themis and judge’s gavel in the background. getty Lew Taishoff’s nomination for best Tax Court decision of 2020 is Oakbrook Land Holdings 154 TC 10. We need to take Mr. Taishoff’s opinion very seriously. He covers the Tax Court with incredible intensity. He may have a break this holiday season
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