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Valeria Tarasenko of Dentons Kyiv discusses the Ukrainian government’s tax policy changes in response to the Russian invasion. 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 Notes Today International. This week: war and tax. Since February 24 Russia’s invasion

It’s spring-cleaning time, and this year Congress’s efforts could include tidying up the Opportunity Zone program. The discussion over how best to do that got a fresh injection of energy recently. The Opportunity Zones Transparency, Extension, and Improvement Act was introduced on April 7, and it proposes significant changes to sections 1400Z-1 and -2. Like

Did you get a tax refund for 2021? The average is about $3,000 this year. No matter how much you got, the key is to make the best use of it. Here are some options to consider in general order of priority: 1) Get caught up on old bills. For many of the people we

Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about filing options when not able to file a restricted application for spousal benefits only, when delayed retirement credits might be applied and how the potential effects of the Government Pension Offset. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic

As if COVID-19 hasn’t been hard enough on cities, a new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) raises another worry—lost tax revenues from a weak office sector. Linking data on offices with employment information (especially on working from home), ITEP worries many cities will face declining revenues. The logic works like

While we cope with the immediate crises of Russia’s unjustified invasion of Ukraine, rising inflation, and political turmoil, we’ve been reminded recently of a pervasive, lurking problem: climate change. Scientists have recently documented the rising risks we face globally, including specifically how climate change affects cities and what they can do about it. The documentation

Non-fungible tokens, or “NFTs”, have been the subject of breathless media coverage since early 2021. Are NFTs the new Dutch tulip craze? Anyone who has taken Econ101 in college, probably remembers the Dutch tulip story. It may have even sounded fabricated at the time. When the tulips were being exported and sold (usually to the

The IRS has not provided any specific guidance as of the date of this article on the taxation of NFTs, even though there is some guidance on the taxation of cryptocurrencies. The core IRS statements on cryptocurrency to date have been IRS Notice 2014-10 and a series of FAQs issued in late 2019. As with

Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about whether income after 70 can increase benefit rates, taking retirement benefits before survivor’s benefits and how the earnings test is applied if your income ends in the middle of the year. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic

What will deliver higher returns over the next 12 months, I bonds or bitcoin? A year ago such a question would have been silly. Today, not so much. Bitcoin BTC has struggled in 2022, down more than 10%. In contrast, I bonds are set to deliver an estimated 9.62% annualized return starting next month. Here’s