Topline The stock market tanked on Friday despite the August jobs report coming in slightly lower than expected and dropping significantly from last month, which did little to ease investor concerns about more aggressive interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve plunging the economy into a recession. Key Facts Stocks gave up gains in the
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On this Labor Day, let’s talk about how Social Security protects workers’ old age security and how we can keep Social Security robust and delivering for all of us. Social Security turned 87 this year, and despite persistent challenges and threats, the program is holding strong because of its efficiency, political support, flexibility, and its
Guessers of the unguessable are right half the time. Larry Summers was lucky to predict inflation based on an argument about stimulus raising prices that’s unsupported by the facts. Now he’s using his “clairvoyance” to goad the Fed to overreact and kill the economy. A year and a half ago, Larry Summers predicted in a
Chances are you’ve heard about the child tax credit. Aside from the name, most Americans don’t know how it works, who qualifies, and how it helps you save money. Understanding these tax credit basics can help you make smarter financial moves and, hopefully, get ahead financially. What Is The Child Tax Credit? The Child Tax
The New York Times NYT reported that Chicago businessman Barre Seid donated his entire business, tax free, to the Marble Freedom Trust, a tax-exempt advocacy organization run by conservative activist Leonard Leo. A few months later, the Trust sold the stock for more than $1.6 billion. And now it can use the tax savings to
The IRS gets a piece of most lawsuit recoveries, but how taxes play out on this one might surprise you. A Los Angeles jury found LA County liable for negligence and invasion of privacy, awarding Kobe Bryant’s widow $16 million and $15 million to Chris Chester, whose wife and daughter Peyton were also killed. The
Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about whether the earnings test can a spouse’s benefit, changing benefit payment dates and a foreign pension’s potential effect on benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See more Ask Larry answers here. Have Social
Professor Jeremy Bearer-Friend of the George Washington University Law School highlights key areas of the IRS’s tax enforcement where racial bias can occur. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax Notes Today International. This week: colorblind tax enforcement.
Understanding how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will affect the Internal Revenue Service’s operations requires wading through a swamp of misinformation, disinformation, and no information. But to cut through much of the political muck, here are the facts we know and some key questions about how the IRS will spend the substantial new funding provided
There was some rain on the parade of celebration of the student loan debt forgiveness. The Tax Foundation, perhaps with a touch of schadenfreude, announced that the forgiveness, while not federally taxable due to recent legislation, might be taxable in as many as thirteen states. They have taken a closer look and backpedaled quite a
Throughout the global pandemic, a number of medical diagnostic testing businesses worked hard to provide COVID-19 testing services, investing significant resources in a short time to scale up their operations to support the demand for testing. As the UK and other countries engaged with the challenge faced by COVID-19 and the reality that people had
Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about how timing of the record holder’s retirement benefit can affect their spouse’s benefit drawn on their record, survivor benefits and the earnings test and informing SSA of a divorce. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning,
If there’s one type of design rarely known for being unique, it’s hotel landscaping. But JW Marriott and Studio Lily Kwong have recently partnered to create a gorgeous trio of custom hotel gardens at JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa, JW Marriott Orlando Bonnet Creek Resort & Spa, and JW Marriott Essex House New
Standing as homage to its history, a former water mill dating to the beginning of the 1600s is today an alluring estate equipped for modern living. Set in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in the sunny southeastern corner of France, its 3 hectares – about 7.5 acres – of landscaped parkland ensure privacy. A river runs
About three-quarters of metropolitan areas where more than half of homes experienced intense drought in August have seen more people move in than out in recent months, according to a new report from Redfin, a technology-powered real estate brokerage. In 34 of the 129 metros (26%) Redfin analyzed, more than 50% of homes experienced intense
A Los Angeles estate that has housed two Hollywood heavyweights is on the market for $35 million. Located in the affluent Pacific Palisades neighborhood north of Santa Monica, the estate once belonged to the late TV writer and producer Steven Bochco, who developed a number of TV series, including Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Doogie
Director Justin Lin sold his Downtown Los Angeles penthouse loft for $5.5 million on Aug. 19, making it the richest residential real estate condo deal closed in the L.A. Arts District and setting an area record of $1,279 per square foot. Compass Beverly Hills listing agent Justin Alexander said the sale is historic. “Built in
Months before the pandemic struck, entrepreneur Joe Chura and his wife, Heather, closed on a snug mountain home north of Lake Tahoe. The Naperville, Illinois, couple fell in love with the area while vacationing. Their timing was impeccable. Designed by local architect Nicholas Sonder, the cedar-blad two-story was completed in 2019. Vance Fox As COVID
Italy is divided into 20 administrative regions. The smallest is named Val d’Aosta. Have you ever heard a non-Italian yearn with desire to visit Val d’Aosta? Unlikely. They pine—instead—for strolling through Tuscan villages or hunting Piedmont truffles or cruising Campania coastlines on a Vespa or sipping Nero d’Avola wine in Sicily. Val d’Aosta? Few non-Italians
Recently, I had the pleasure of driving many one-way, gravel roads through the countryside to go to Keim Lumber in Charm, Ohio. Charm is very distinct, with more daily traffic from horses and bicycles than from automobiles. As I drove in, I was definitely charmed by the rolling green hills, the new sites, along with