Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column address whether to take retroactive benefits at 70, spousal benefits before retirement benefits, divorced spousal benefits with a public pension, when spousal benefits become available and filing early to allow spousal benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic
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Whether they’re handling business or personal finances, a good Certified Public Accountant (CPA) can be worth their weight in gold. Most entrepreneurs don’t start their journey with an in-depth knowledge of how to manage and organize business finances, and almost all of us would welcome expert assistance with our taxes. A good CPA can put
The Tax Foundation’s 2020 State Business Tax Climate Index illustrates the states’ relative business … [+] tax burdens. (See: https://taxfoundation.org/2020-state-business-tax-climate-index/) The Tax Foundation The 27 states with the lightest tax burden on individuals continued to add jobs at double the rate of the 23 states with higher taxes since the federal tax cut was signed
If you live in California, you probably know how aggressive California’s state tax agency can be. In fact, even if you live somewhere else, you might have heard of the Golden State’s aggressive tax rules. Buy a vacation home in California, and stay a little too long? Come into the state and do some work
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin The Supreme Court could take the case up during its current term. (Photo by Win McNamee) Getty Images Topline: President Donald Trump’s legal team and the Manhattan district attorney trying to get his tax returns came to an agreement Monday that could send the case up
Getty Is the double taxation of dual residents fair? The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to consider two cases brought by Connecticut taxpayers who sold their businesses and had to pay taxes on the sale gains in both Connecticut and New York. That leaves in place a double-taxation scheme that tax experts thought the Supreme
You may not be laughing when you hear how small the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment is for … [+] 2020. MAY 18: Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin attend the Netflix FYSEE “Grace and Frankie” ATAS Official Red Carpet and Panel at Raleigh Studios on May 18, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by
The office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration is one of over sixty federal IG offices, but it is one that shows up in the news more than most. Most recently it was mentioned in the New York Times as investigating the handling of the request for President Trump’s tax returns. There is
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin A Bernie Sanders presidency could be very bad news for U.S. billionaires. While Elizabeth Warren would levy taxes of up to 62% on America’s wealthiest individuals, Sanders would go a step further according to professors Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman from the University of California, Berkeley.
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses payment of survivor’s benefits to multiple spouses, common-law marriage, potential effects of benefits based on a spouse’s public pension, what to do with benefits received on behalf of children and the earnings test. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president