I kept my swearing to a minimum this tax season. Honestly, that says more about IRS than it does about me. It felt like a different tax season. Last year, the IRS marked a dismal 15% Level of Service to taxpayers. The “Level of Service” is the number you get when you divide the number
Month: April 2023
Ryan Saghian has become a true fixture on the design scene in Los Angeles. The 30-year-old Iranian-American designer has a career that’s currently on fire. In 2022, he released a gorgeous coffee table book called Unapologetically Chic. Then, in 2023, he received an inaugural Stars on the Rise Award at the annual Pacific Design Center’s
Peter Coker Jr., left, is issued search warrants from police at his villa on the southern resort island of Phuket, Thailand, Jan. 11, 2023. Crime Suppression Division, Royal Thai Police | AP CAMDEN, N.J. — The former fugitive at the center of a securities fraud case involving a $100 million New Jersey deli was ordered
The entire stablecoin market is now worth more than $160 billion. Justin Tallis | AFP via Getty Images Regulators may need to introduce limits on the use of stablecoins in payments to prevent potential threats to financial stability, an official at the Bank of England warned Monday. “The Bank of England’s assessment is that over
ozgurcankaya If you’re scrambling to file your taxes, it’s easy to miss another key deadline on April 18: the due date for 2023 first-quarter estimated tax payments. Income taxes are pay-as-you-go, meaning you must remit taxes throughout the year. While employees contribute through paycheck withholdings, others must pay the IRS quarterly. The first estimated tax deadline
In 2019, before the pandemic, older adults constituted the lion’s share of the travel market. However, when Covid hit, that number plummeted. Because we knew early on that older adults were more vulnerable to this plague, many put their travel plans on hold. Fear, coupled with the freedom of choice that most older adults possess,
Does naming and shaming tax debtors and tax defaulters violate their human rights? Particularly their human right to privacy? From the perspective of several tax authorities around the world, the answer is no. Their common argument is that taxpaying is a public activity, and debtors and defaulters who shirk their public duty should not be
When companies like Related and Hines jump on a trend, you know it’s big. That’s what’s taking place from sea to shining sea as these major developers and others leap in to create luxury senior living properties in the heart of major U.S. cities. Simple demographics are the reason. Experts predict the global population of
In this article VWAGY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Volkswagen’s new ID.7 electric sedan will go on sale in the U.S. next year. Courtesy: Volkswagen Volkswagen on Monday unveiled a new large electric sedan that it says will have well over 300 miles of range in its top-level trim when it arrives in the
Investors are questioning the health of the commercial real estate sector following a string of recent banking crises. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images Concerns are mounting around the health of Europe’s commercial real estate market, with some investors questioning whether it could be the next sector to implode following last month’s banking
We’re awash in knowledge in 2023, but do you think our general level of understanding is greater? Do you think we’re wiser? I’m not so sure, so when I was challenged to re-read through one of the great collections of ancient wisdom last month, the book of Proverbs, it was an easy Yes. Indeed, I
With the release of the IRS’ strategic operating plan (you can read about it here), there has been a lot of conversation about enforcement. Specifically, there are worries that the IRS will use extra funding from Congress to target working families and small businesses making under $400,000—a charge that both Treasury Secretary Yellen and IRS
Signed playbills are seen backstage ahead of The Phantom of the Opera’s final performance on April 16 after 35 years on Broadway in New York City, April 12, 2023. Andrew Kelly | Reuters After more than three decades, Broadway’s longest-running musical, “The Phantom of the Opera,” is coming to an close on Sunday. The show
In this article JPM MOMO LCID BLK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. JPMorgan Chase – The banking behemoth popped more than 5% after posting record revenue that surpassed analyst expectations due to higher interest rates. JPMorgan Chase reported revenue of $39.34 billion, beating
Gen Zs aren’t easing into the travel market — they are exploding into it. Despite their youth and comparatively low income, more than half of American Gen Z adults are frequent travelers, having taken three or more leisure trips in the past year, according to the data research company Morning Consult. That’s because traveling is
No matter how far you got in your education, or what you studied, chances are you never had a primer on how to manage aging parents in failing health. The exceptions are those who specifically pursued healthcare, geriatrics or a related field. For everyone else, it may feel like you are totally lost when it
Every now and again, a case comes across your desk that makes you say, “Whoa.” Alon Farhy v. Commissioner is just such a case. The U.S. Tax Court gave Farhy a win, ruling that the IRS could not collect from him in this instance—the IRS had no statutory authority to assess penalties under section 6038.
In this article WMT EXPR DKS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A garment factory worker packing Bonobos brand shirts in a factory in Hanoi, Vietnam. Manan Vatsyayana | AFP | Getty Images Walmart has sold menswear brand Bonobos to brand management firm WHP Global and Express in a $75 million deal announced Thursday. It’s
A sign for the European Central Bank (ECB) outside the bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images European Central Bank policymakers are reconsidering the path of interest rate hikes in light of last month’s banking turmoil, but remain committed to reining in core inflation. Contagion
The age-old question of philosophers and financial analysts is: Does more money increase happiness? For years, the consensus answer was: Yes, but only to a point. The landmark research on the issue found that happiness doesn’t increase much once a person’s income exceeds $75,000. That 2010 research was led by two Nobel Prize winners, Angus
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