Month: April 2021

President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress on April 28, 2021. Melina Mara | Reuters President Joe Biden has unveiled a plan for higher taxes on inherited homes to help fund the $1.8 trillion American Families Plan. The proposal would tax inherited property gains at death, targeting generational wealth transfers.  But financial experts
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The Canada Revenue Agency recently won its first cryptocurrency-related customer data request — a request involving Coinsquare, the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Under the order, Coinsquare must turn over personal and transactional information about its largest users, which captures about 5 to 10% of its customer base. In many ways, the CRA is following in the footsteps of the IRS, which in 2016
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NerdWallet’s Home Seller Report reveals what buyers and sellers should know in today’s market. NerdWallet recently released its Home Seller Report. Though the number of homes for sale across the country remain at record lows it appears more sellers will be coming to market over the next 18 months. According to the report “1 in 6 (17%)
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In this article MCD DPZ A family’s stimulus check from the U.S. Treasury for coronavirus (Covid-19) aid arrived in the mail in Milton, Massachusetts, U.S., March 25, 2021. Brian Snyder | Reuters Domino’s Pizza and McDonald’s both reported that government stimulus checks boosted their first-quarter results, but the two companies disagree on the longer term
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In this article AMZN Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon Katherine Taylor | Reuters Amazon is set to report first quarter earnings after the bell Thursday. Here’s what analysts are expecting:  Earnings: $9.54 per share, according to Refinitiv Revenue: $104.47 billion, according to Refinitiv Few companies have benefited from the pandemic-fueled surge of online shopping as
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Today’s column addresses questions about when delayed retirement credits are applied to retirement benefits, whether suvivor’s benefits from a foreign country will affect Social Security benefits and becoming eligible for Social Security benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc, which markets
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On Manhattan’s Billionaires’ Row, just off Central Park, a luxury four-bedroom residence is up for sale. Featuring ten-foot ceilings, four-and-a-half bathrooms and an eat-in kitchen, the unit also includes 24-hour concierge service. The catch? Good luck finding it on the open market. The seller, whose identity was not disclosed, is soliciting offers from just a
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FatCamera | E+ | Getty Images A temporary federal policy aimed at making health insurance more affordable for tens of millions of Americans could become permanent. Under President Joe Biden’s $1.8 trillion plan to help families and children, which he will propose to Congress on Wednesday night, he would permanently extend recently expanded premium subsidies
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People wearing two protective masks walk on The Embarcadero in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dr. Scott Gottlieb said Wednesday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention needs to more nimbly update its coronavirus guidelines as the pandemic situation improves. A day earlier, the U.S.
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