Getty Short of a game-changing vaccine, our only sure way of ending COVID-19 before it kills or sickens millions more of us is testing every American every day. Imagine we could do this and quarantine everyone who tested positive until they were no longer infectious. The virus would be fully imprisoned within days. With no
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WASHINGTON, DC- Nov 18: Sen. Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., and Barbara Kennelly, of the National Committee … [+] to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, talk to media after a meeting on progressive alternatives to proposals made by the deficit commission. (Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images) CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The Democrats probably
Don Fort, criminal investigation chief at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), speaks during an IRS … [+] Criminal Investigation 100th year anniversary event at the IRS headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, July 1, 2019. On July 1, 1919, the IRS commissioner crated the Intelligence Unit to investigate widespread allegations of tax fraud. Photographer:
Benjamin M. Willis, contributing editor with Tax Notes Federal, and William D. Alexander, of counsel of tax at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, discuss tax guidance and step transaction. Here are a few highlights . . . On the IRS’s private letter ruling program William Alexander: [PLRs are] not as efficient as writing regulations or
Getty The tax filing deadline for individual taxpayers is just a week away. If you’ve been pushing off filing, you may want to consider filing for an extension. It only takes a few minutes, there are no special hoops to jump through, and there’s no fee payable to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). And contrary
A letter from the Internal Revenue Service, signed by President Trump, notifies a family via U.S. … [+] Mail of an economic impact payment direct deposit made to their account in East Derry, N.H., Monday, April 27, 2020. The funds were provided as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. (AP
WUHAN, CHINA – JULY 31: South Korean singer IU Lee Ji-eun performs onstage during her concert on … [+] July 31, 2016 in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China. (Photo by Visual China Group via Getty Images/Visual China Group via Getty Images) Visual China Group via Getty Images In the week of May 16, the hit
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about the ability to receive spousal benefits after filing early for Social Security retirement benefits, taking Social Security survivor benefits before retirement benefits and whether a survivor’s benefit from a non-covered pension would affect Social Security retirement benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 05: U.S. President Donald Trump shushes journalists before signing the … [+] Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act in the Rose Garden at the White House June 05, 2020 in Washington, DC. In the midst of nationwide protests against the death of George Floyd, the U.S. Labor Department announced the unemployment rate
Regular cash payments tied to economic indicators will shorten the recession, help families stay afloat, and drive economic recovery. Muhlenberg, PA – June 29: Jose Santana, an employee at Helping Harvest, loads a box into a car in … [+] the parking lot for the Fairgrounds Farmers Market in Muhlenberg township Monday afternoon where Helping