Taxes

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Upsets are always possible in this era of constant uncertainty, but it looks like the GOP will take control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives next term. This episode of What’s Ahead discusses why Republicans must start with a bill that sweeps away

The international community has been kicking around the OECD’s two-pillar solution to tax reform for a while now. It was more than two years ago, in October 2020, when the group released so-called blueprints detailing what each pillar would look like and how they would deliver much-needed stability to the global tax environment. A year

The future of Social Security and Medicare has unexpectedly become a central point of contention in the final week before the 2022 midterm elections. As the two biggest non-emergency spending programs in the federal budget and the foundation of retirement security for nearly all American workers, it makes perfect sense to have a conversation about

Wednesday’s announcement by the Federal Reserve of another ¾ point interest rate increase continues the central bank’s grim war with inflation. Higher rates are doing damage across the economy, which has never stabilized after the COVID-19 shock. But commercial real estate, vital to cities’ economic and fiscal well-being, hasn’t taken a big hit—yet. Ever-higher interest

At 7:02 p.m. on January 20, 1953, John Mays held the door as Dwight D. Eisenhower ascended the steps of the North Portico and entered the White House. Mays had been welcoming presidents to the White House since William McKinley occupied the Oval Office, but Eisenhower’s entry was still noteworthy: He was the first Republican

The bold, hype-laden pronouncements around AI and machine learning were hard to miss five or six years ago. Headlines about robo-accountants stealing jobs, algorithms that will cure disease and autonomous vehicles were everywhere. Then, reality quickly caught up with the hype, those promises eventually proved overly ambitious and many people lost the plot. Then, a

Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about who can get new COLAs, how soon spouses can apply for spousal benefits and how filing early can affect spousal and survivor’s benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See more Ask Larry answers

Former IRS Commissioner Mark Everson, now with Alliantgroup, discusses the need to identify the agency’s next leader and how the IRS should use its additional funding from the Inflation Reduction Act. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax

For many participants in nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans, November and December are the time to be like an autumn squirrel and decide how much of next year’s salary to defer and store for the future. This decision about nonqualified plans is heavily influenced by the IRS contribution limits for qualified retirement plans. The IRS

Urban planners are used to being ignored by the larger public, media, and culture. So it’s shocking that New York theater’s hottest ticket isn’t “Hamilton”, or the Michael Jackson musical, but The Shed’s production of “Straight Line Crazy”—a play about New York’s controversial urban planner and master builder Robert Moses. Written by award-winning British playwright