LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 19: South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg (L) and South Bend, … [+] Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg listen as former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the Democratic presidential primary debate at Loyola Marymount University on December 19, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Seven candidates out of the crowded field
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Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Stocks rose Thursday morning after Donald Trump became the third U.S. President to be impeached. Spencer PLatt/Getty Images Topline: Though the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday night, the stock market rose to new record highs in their first session after
Getty Lying about your income is Tax Fraud 101. You’d expect taxpayers to understate their income to avoid paying tax, but a surprising number of taxpayers inflate their income to obtain fraudulent refunds. Typically, those schemes focus on refundable tax credits, which can garner tens of thousands of dollars in refunds. But what happens when
Apple’s 133-acre Texas campus will host 5,000 employees when it opens in 2022. It has the capacity … [+] to eventually hold three times that. Courtesy Apple Texas reclaimed the number two spot in Forbes’ Best States for Business ranking this year thanks to the best growth prospects in the country and a little help
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin As it stands, it’s a complete “nonevent” for the market. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Topline: With the House of Representatives expected to vote in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening, the stock market has largely trended flat, with little movement to either the upside
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Some provisions of the deal are underwhelming, according to experts. Scott Olsoon/Getty Images Topline: Although Wall Street cheered the signing of a new North American trade deal announced by the Trump administration and congressional Democrats last week, in their relief many investors overlooked specific provisions of
WESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 14: Jamie Lee Curtis arrives at the premiere of Lionsgate’s “Knives … [+] Out” at the Regency Village Theatre on November 14, 2019 in Westwood, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/WireImage,) WireImage, One of the surprise hits of the 2019 movie season has been the murder mystery Knives Out. With a star-studded cast
Well, it’s interesting to see Mormons back in the tax news. The Washington Post has a story about a whistleblower’s disclosures to the IRS that Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc, founded in 1997, has accumulated over $100 billion in assets without ever making any charitable distributions. The only two outflows appear to have been to bail
The SECURE Act (Setting Every Community up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019) just got attached to the year-end spending bill. While most of the news chatter is around its retirement provisions, the SECURE Act will also make major enhancements to 529 plans that could impact hundreds of thousands of Americans. NEW YORK, NY: Workers
Close up detail of George Washington’s portrait on the U.S. $1 note. Getty Most Americans like the wealth tax – 63%, according to The New York Times. That comfortable majority includes 77% of Democrats and more than half of all Republicans. “Men and women like it,” observed the Times. “So do the young and the old. The proposal