WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – JULY 14: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden … [+] speaks at the Chase Center July 14, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden delivered remarks on his campaign’s ‘Build Back Better’ clean energy economic plan. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Getty Images Experts are now warning of the likely impact of
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Getty July 15, 2020, marked the end of tax season for those taxpayers not on extension. The revised due date made for an interesting tax season, for sure, but even so, some things are universal – and that includes tax advice. I asked some of the best tax folks I know to share their top
The IRS warns about the top 12 taxpayer scams. Getty Tax season is finally over, unless you opted for a filing extension until October 15, but tax scams are still brewing. The Internal Revenue Service released its annual Dirty Dozen tax scams today with a warning about aggressive and evolving schemes related to Covid-19 tax
In 1970, Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute got a Moog synthesizer—a giant, unwieldy computer that created music. The sound was weird and quite evidently electronic. My fellow high school science geeks and I found it endlessly fascinating. But we couldn’t imagine how wonderfully diverse and inventive electronic music would become. It’s grown into a mainstay of pop music and enabled
May state sales tax receipts shrank by nearly $6 billion, or 21 percent, compared to May 2019, according to data compiled by the Tax Policy Center. State stay-at-home orders, decisions to close businesses, states’ sales tax filing and payment deadline extensions, and COVID-19 cases all contributed to the freefall of sales tax revenues. State sales tax revenue
Getty This Tax Day doesn’t sure doesn’t look – or feel – like any other Tax Day. Due to Covid-19, the original filing deadline and tax payment due date for 2019 was postponed from April 15, 2020, to July 15, 2020. With many states still under travel and work restrictions due to the pandemic, some
A budtender (right) shows cannabis buds to a customer at the Green Pearl Organics dispensary on the … [+] first day of legal recreational marijuana sales in California, January 1, 2018 at the Green Pearl Organics marijuana dispensary in Desert Hot Springs, California. / AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty
I. Introduction Academics and journalists have been quick to criticize politicians for the dismal financial situations of many state and local jurisdictions. In addition to the usual allegations of mismanagement (“fraud, waste, and abuse”),1 critics have pointed out the perverse incentives created by the electoral process: politicians can further their own careers by
Atlanta, Georgia, USA Downtown Skyline Aerial. Getty The state of the conservation syndication easement industry brings to mind one of my favorite Kingston Trio songs – Everglades. Where a man can hide and never be found And have no fear of the bayin’ hound But he better keep it movin’ and don’t stand still If
If you sell your house but in six months refund the money and take back the house did you ever sell it? If you buy stock but the company refunds your money, was it two transactions or none? Going back to square one may sound simple, but the tax system is rigid and rarely simple. And the annual tax