Victims of disasters that occurred earlier this fall now have more time to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments. To victims of Hurricane Delta, the IRS is offering relief to any area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as qualifying for assistance. Currently this includes Acadia, Calcasieu, Cameron,
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Monday that “we’re in some wacko market” because normally chasing stay-at-home stocks trading at off-the-charts multiples to sales would not make sense, but now the market is rewarding investors who do so. Cramer cited Zoom Video Communications at about 50 times sales and cloud company Snowflake at about 100 times
A customer shows purchased tickets for the Powerball lottery at a lotto store in San Bernardino County, California, January 9, 2016. Gene Blevins | Reuters If you’re one of those people who only buys a lottery ticket when the jackpot climbs into the stratosphere, you could be waiting a while. The Mega Millions jackpot for
getty A Michigan man has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the IRS and to stealing from an organization receiving federal funds. According to court documents, Mathew Schwartz owned a law firm called Legal Genius, P.L.L.C. (“Legal Genius”) in Southfield, Michigan. Another man, Jayson Rosett (also charged as a defendant) owned a company called Accident
Our International Tax Competitiveness Index has been used to compare the tax systems of OECD countries since 2014. At the beginning of that period, the United States ranked 28th out of 36 countries in the Index. Following the 2017 U.S. tax reform, the rank improved dramatically to 20th, and the U.S. now ranks 21st. The
Robert T. Brockman, a Houston software tycoon, was charged with using a web of Caribbean entities to hide $2 billion in income in what prosecutors called the largest U.S. tax case ever against an individual. Brockman, 79, used a family charitable trust based in Bermuda and other offshore entities to hide assets from the Internal
Trump and Biden would approach the student loan crisis very differently. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden wins the presidency may have a significant impact on the country’s 42 million student loan borrowers. Student loans have outpaced credit card and auto debt as a burden to Americans, and
Stimulus spending sent both the FY 2020 deficit and the national debt to all time highs. Here are the numbers that show the breathtaking scope of the cost of the stimulus packages to date and the likely cost of the next round of stimulus. NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES – 2018/03/23: The National Debt Clock
President Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a federal appeals court decision that would permit the district attorney in Manhattan to get his tax filings and other financial records as part of a criminal investigation. A federal appeals court in New York last week rejected the latest attempt by Trump to
Evan Spiegel, CEO and co-founder of Snap Inc. Adam Galica | CNBC With earnings season gathering pace, now is the time to re-evaluate your portfolio. However, in such an unpredictable environment, investors need to be particularly savvy when making critical investing decisions. “Markets are now hoping for (and trading on) a smooth election, a big
As if getting in to a top college wasn’t hard enough, Covid-19 adds a new challenge. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, many would-be freshmen have decided to postpone college rather than start their education online. As a result, colleges and universities are well below their enrollment numbers for the 2020-2021 academic year, a report shows. Overall,
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about what’s possible after suspending a retirement benefit, survivor pensions based on a spouse’s non-covered pension, responding to a notice of overpayment from Social Security and why spousal benefits may not have been available. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder
What defines good tax law? Taxpayers have their own thoughts on this. As a tax professional, I certainly have my own opinions. For researched and broad-reaching direction on this, we can look to a few sources, including the American Institute of CPAs guidance. The AICPA describes an effective tax system as one that is fair/equitable,
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, appears on CNBC’s Squawk Box at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22nd, 2020. Adam Galica | CNBC JPMorgan Chase is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings before the opening bell Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street expects:Earnings: $2.23 per share, a 17% decline from a
In mid-September, the envelope finally arrived. As Erin Madden opened it and pulled out the debit card with her unemployment benefits on it, all she could think about was the half a year she’d waited for this moment. She had come to feel it would never happen. “I almost didn’t believe that it had finally
WASHINGTON DC, OCTOBER 15: Albert Lauber, left, and Craig Hoffman pose in the front yard of thier … [+] Victorian Home off just off Logan Circle in Washington DC, October 15, 2014 (Photo by John McDonnell/The Washington Post via Getty Images) The Washington Post via Getty Images In a recent interview Judge Albert Lauber of
Millions of low-income Americans are locked into poverty thanks to U.S. tax policy, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta researchers say. About a quarter of lower-income workers effectively face marginal tax rates of more than 70 percent when adjusted for the loss of government benefits, a study led by Atlanta Fed Research Director David Altig found.
Integrated circuits on a circuit board. The semiconductor industry has been in focus during the U.S.-China trade war. filonmar | E+ | Getty Images Company: ON Semiconductor Corp (ON) Business: A premier semiconductor company that focuses on power and sensor products. ON Semi’s segments include (i) Power Solutions Group, which offers a range of discrete,
Morsa Images | DigitalVision | Getty Images Chances are, you aren’t seriously thinking about how to pay for long-term care when you are older. Most people only think about it at two points in their lives: when their parents need it or when they start to get much older and realize they need to have
UNITED STATES – CIRCA 1931: Al Capone, pictured in court during his trial, Chicago, 1931. He was … [+] sentenced to a 10 years in federal prison and one year in county jail for a total sentence of 11 years. (Photo by Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty Images) Getty Images On this day
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