Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin BRAZIL – 2019/05/31: In this photo illustration the Equifax logo is seen displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) LightRocket via Getty Images Section 162(f) of the tax code prohibits deducting any fine or similar penalty paid to a government for the violation
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Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column addresses spousal benefit filing options after reaching full retirement age, when to begin benefits to ensure a certain benefit amount, when and how Social Security makes certain payments, information available
Student Loan Debt Repayment Photo credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS It’s time to pay off your student loans faster. Here’s what you need to know. Student Loan Repayment: Follow these 25 rules Rule #1: Student loan repayment is an active process, not a passive one. If you invest the time and do the work, you can save money
Like many Americans, I’d support any of the more than 20 Democratic presidential candidates over the current occupant of the White House. They are all qualified, articulate, thoughtful, patriotic grownups. Not one of them spent the Fourth of July thanking the Continental Army for securing LaGuardia. Nor does any need a teleprompter to speak full
Kate Ice Cream KPE It’s National Ice Cream Day. And in case you think that it’s a holiday made up by scheming kids to convince parents to give them ice cream (I wouldn’t put it past mine), it’s a real holiday. Well, real-ish. National Ice Cream Day, as well as National Ice Cream Month (I’m
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Photocredit: © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP The S&P is likely to fall in August; here are a pair of short sale recommendations. The monthly S&P 500 cycle peaks at the end of July and falls through August. Cycle signals must be
“Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust” comes from the Autocrat of the Breakfast Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. The context was advice to young women about to be married and is probably reflective of the legal concept of coverture which put the property and earnings of a married woman
Do wildfire victims worry about their taxes? You bet. How fire victims are taxed depends on what they collect, what they claim on their taxes, if they are rebuilding their property, their insurance and more. Another big variable is whether they sue PG&E. It can build out a complex tax picture, especially now that there
President Donald Trump pumps his fist after putting on a hard hat given to him before speaking to the National Electrical Contractors Association Convention at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ASSOCIATED PRESS Low state tax rates appear to be driving faster job growth since President Trump signed
ASSOCIATED PRESS Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad is standing up to China, at home and at sea. The South China Sea, that is. That raises geopolitical risks for financial markets in the region. At home, Malaysia has dared to do something Sri Lanka, Pakistan, The Maldives and the Philippines didn’t: canceling or re-negotiating inflated