Taxes

Getty Nobody likes getting a tax bill in the mail. It’s especially concerning when your tax bill is a bit higher than you anticipated. But what happens when it’s hundreds of millions of dollars more than you were expecting? Just ask Donna Smith from Aurora, Colorado. Smith, a part-time worker at a local thrift store,

Calvin Johnson’s recent paper A Wealth Tax is Constitutional, 38 ABA Tax Times No. 4 is timely as my senator, Elizabeth Warren’s proposal for a wealth tax of 2% on fortunes over $50 million and 3% on fortunes over $1 billion is attracting a lot of attention.  I don’t know what the source of those percentages is although

Dear Social Security Commissioner Saul, I write to relay two Social Security horror stories with the hope that you can help these people and take steps to prevent similar cases. The first involves Christopher Carriero, who lives in Georgia (302 Victoria’s Circle St. Mary’s, Ga. 31558). He’s receiving Social Security disability benefits. He has three

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Topline: Apple and the Irish government will this week appeal an European Commission ruling that the Cupertino-based tech giant saved $14.3 billion in taxes by striking a favorable deal with the Irish government. On Tuesday, the European Union’s General Court will

The IRS has announced a global settlement of cases involving abusive 831(b) captive insurance schemes, which announcement (IR-2019-157) is hyperlinked here and at the bottom of this article and is well worth reading in full, down to the last period in the Appendix. According to the announcement, “The settlement requires substantial concession of the income

Runder Besprechungsraum mit Konferenztisch und modernen Stühlen Getty There has been a lot of reaction to the Business Roundtables “Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation” where 180 CEO’s signed a statement on companies being responsive and committed to delivering value not only to shareholders but to all stakeholders including customers, employees, suppliers, communities, and

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Photocredit: © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP Here is a summary of the bearish influences on the metal price : Sentiment is too bullish. The weekly graph shows a hook sell signal, a sign of coming weakness. The monthly cycle topped on

The vast gig economy may be about to change, and not just in California. California is often a leader in laws regulating employment, often followed quickly by other states, so the changes could spread. The California Senate passed Assembly Bill 5 that could require Uber, Lyft and many gig companies to treat workers as employees. A

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a roundtable on the economy and tax reform on April 15, 2019 in Burnsville, Minnesota. At the special Tax Day roundtable Trump gave a defense of his 2017 tax cuts.(Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images) Getty Images Topline: Facing backlash, President

Big pharma companies including Purdue and others are settling up with governments and private parties over the devastation they have allegedly caused or enabled with opioids. The settlements are notable in size, hundreds of millions of dollars, and some have strange mechanics. But they seem to have one thing in common: taxes. It seems likely

Getty The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today that the consumer price index (CPI) has increased by .1% for August, after rising .3% in July. Here’s what that means for taxpayers in 2020, together with a first look at predicted rates for the next year as calculated by Bloomberg Tax & Accounting. The CPI measures the

There comes a time in the life of all successful business owners when it’s necessary to start considering ways to delegate duties. Before that can be accomplished, however, it’s necessary to take an inventory of all those duties and prioritize them. Once you see which duties have the least impact on revenue generation and profit

Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column responds to questions about whether 2019 is really the deadline to file a restricted application, whether an annuity will be subject to the WEP, retroactive restricted applications for spousal benefits

Google has agreed to pay more than $1 billion in fines and taxes to the French government. (Photo by Lyu Liang/VCG via Getty Images) VCG via Getty Images Big tech’s days are numbered. Yesterday, Google agreed to pay over $1 billion in fines and taxes to French authorities, settling a dispute over a financial fraud

. Senator Elizabeth Warren (Photo by Nic Antaya for The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Getty Senator Elizabeth Warren released a Social  Security expansion plan on the morning of September 12, the day of the next Democratic presidential primary debate. David Leonhardt of the New York Times was among the first to report about it.

If a person suffers damages, the person retains an attorney to pursue a remedy.  But, what happens when there is no individual who has suffered damages but it is the public in general that is harmed?  That is, a public interest issue. It is a state’s attorney general (or a district attorney) who prosecutes public

Getty As part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), Congress capped the amount of state and local taxes (SALT) that taxpayers can deduct on their federal returns. Taxpayers who were impacted complained that they were unfairly targeted, and some scrambled to find ways to protect the deduction (including filing lawsuits to protect workarounds).

The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building, Washington DC Getty I find it surreal that someone has to tell the president of the United States that hard working, dedicated, and smart officials of America’s central bank, the Federal Reserve Bank, are not boneheads. Yet, this is the current sad and distracting state of affairs

By Uri Dadush and Laurence Kotlikoff Thirty months into President Trump’s radical trade policy, and as the trade disputes with China <a href=”https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-trade-china/wrapup-7-trump-hits-china-with-more-tariffs-sharply-escalating-trade-dispute-idUSL4N24X4MO”>escalate</a> and risk turning into a currency war, it is time to take stock. The president promised to sign <a href=”https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/420023-president-trumps-fight-for-a-better-trade-deal-with-china”>far better trade deals</a>, ensure fair treatment of American firms and <a href=”https://www.npr.org/2019/03/06/700650144/despite-trumps-promises-the-trade-deficit-is-only-getting-wider”>reduce

Investors have several options to invest extra cash outside of their retirement plan. Building other assets is important as 401(k) savings alone may not be enough to fund retirement and you likely have other financial goals along the way. Getty If you have extra cash to invest after maxing out a 401(k) or other retirement