UNITED STATES – FEBRUARY 25: Activists call on Congress to pass the $15 federal minimum wage hike. … [+] But Republican opposition and Senate rulings make it unlikely in Biden’s relief package. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Bad news this week for low income workers. This
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Calculating taxes in filing season 2021 may come with some surprises. getty Taxpayers who received unemployment benefits in 2020 are facing an unexpected reckoning in the 2021 filing season. Many are just now becoming aware that income from unemployment is taxable and that while states typically withhold for federal income taxes, most do not withhold
Miniature model house standing on a heap of dollar bills. Photo with clipping path.Some similar … [+] pictures from my portfolio: getty The long-absent definition of real property for like-kind exchanges is finally available in regulations (T.D. 9935), with several other helpful amendments to the regime for taxpayers. Questions remain, particularly regarding intangible property, but
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Saturday, Jan. 2, … [+] 2021. Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP Millions of Americans who lost their jobs due to the covid pandemic in 2020 are in for an unpleasant surprise as they head into tax season. Congress offered jobless workers
Getty getty Required minimum distributions (RMDs) from IRAs and other qualified retirement plans are more complicated than they need to be. There are a number of little-known rules that can be helpful to taxpayers or trap them into paying higher taxes or penalties. Most people believe IRA stands for “individual retirement account.” But the tax
Ask Larry Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about whether spousal benefits can increase total benefits for a person with a public pension, if spousal benefits begin automatically when the other spouse files and when excess spousal benefits are paid if the recipient already gets retirement benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of
US President Joe Biden speaks about the American Rescue Plan and the Paycheck Protection Program … [+] (PPP) for small businesses in response to coronavirus, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, February 22, 2021. – The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) has been a key lifeline to businesses amid the Covid-19 crisis, but
If your tax lawyer or accountant costs you extra taxes, and reimburses you for those extra taxes, can the IRS tax the reimbursement? It might seem like the answer should be no, but it can be hard to convince the IRS. Take the case of Joseph M. McKenny v. U.S., 2020 WL 5167333 (11th Cir.
Whether you are in Palm Springs, West Hollywood or even San Francisco you will you will likely owe … [+] California Taxes. Getty Images for Land Rover With more than 40 million people officially living in California, the great weather and beautiful beaches must be doing something right. The hurdles to be financially successful in
Touch screen, fingerprint scanner, biometric identity of a woman’s hand in a blurred background . getty There’s a new wave of class action lawsuits, and biometric data privacy is the target. Biometric technology is the engine that powers things like the touch ID or facial recognition software on your cellphone, your fingerprint scans at the