Taxes

Topline Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin, who founded and helms trading powerhouse Citadel, has sued the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury Department for alleged negligence in maintaining safeguards for confidential tax returns after a bombshell report last year cited a trove of IRS data in a series of articles detailing the incomes and taxes paid

As prices and hunger rise, a record 11 food banks make Forbes 2022 list of America’s Top 100 Charities, ranked by private donations. The first modern food bank was started 55 years ago by a retired Phoenix businessman and the concept has since spread to dozens of countries. Yet it wasn’t until the Covid-19 lockdowns

As somebody who believes that syndicated conservation easements (SCE) constitute an industry based on nonsense, I want to be able to tell you that if you are offered the chance to participate in one, you absolutely should not. I can’t really do that though. There is a reason for this. The best prospect for an

IRS Forms 1099 generally come in the mail around the end of January and report how much you were paid in the prior calendar year. Don’t ignore them, as each one will be matched against your tax return when you file. Forms 1099 can be wrong, so check them carefully. IRS Forms 1099 remind you

The penalty for fairly innocent goofs can run into the millions of dollars. Is there any limit to how unpleasant the IRS can be with people who pay all their taxes but don’t fill out the forms correctly? Monica Toth, 82, is a naturalized American whose family escaped the Nazis. The Boston area resident prepared

As working from home (WFH) becomes more permanent, and fewer workers commute to offices, cities hope to convert unoccupied and excess office space to residences. But we don’t yet know the possible scale and speed of such conversions, and whether they can make a big dent in our housing affordability crisis. There’s definitely action on

Year-end and year-start are key periods for financial and tax planning if you have stock options and restricted stock units (RSUs), participate in an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), and/or hold company shares. In 2022, year-end planning can be tricky because of the market downturn, volatile stock prices, and job uncertainty. A December webinar held

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin What are some good dividend stocks to buy? The right answer depends on your financial goals. With dividend stocks, there’s usually a trade-off between yield and reliability. Said another way, the dividend-payers that generate maximum income for your investment dollar aren’t always the most dependable. And

There’s been a sudden spike in worrying about city problems created by declining commercial real estate (CRE) values, especially urban office buildings where increased working from home (WFH) has reduced in-office work. But instead of a CRE “apocalypse” or “urban doom loop” that some are predicting, we may just see increased economic and budget pressures,

This time of year, “pay me next year” requests are common with employers, suppliers, vendors, customers and more. On a cash basis, you probably assume you can’t be taxed until you receive money. But technically, if you have a legal right to payment but decide not to receive it, the IRS can tax you nonetheless.