Female doctor working with senior patient in a modern office clinic / hospital momcilog | E+ | Getty Images Sure, there are probably more entertaining things to do than review your Medicare coverage. Nevertheless, it’s about that time of year. Open enrollment, which starts Oct. 15 and runs through Dec. 7, is when you can
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Following the release of the House Democrats’ proposed Build Back Better Act, federal tobacco and nicotine taxation has been a hot topic in the United States. In an effort to raise roughly $100 billion, the House proposal would double cigarette taxes and increase all other tobacco and nicotine taxes to comparable rates—a strategy with severe
Two women sit at the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 26, 2021. Samuel Corum | Getty Images Congress is hard at work on a deal to keep the U.S. government from defaulting on its debt this month. But the short-term agreement, which was passed by the Senate and is expected to go
The Internal Revenue Service’s Tax Exempt and Government Entities division is making plans for next fiscal year in hopes that Congress will provide more funding. The TE/GE division released a list of its priorities Thursday in a letter from TE/GE commissioner Sunita Lough and deputy commissioner Edward Killen, who also talked to reporters during a
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Indiana Society of CPAs/Facebook The Indiana CPA Society held its 17th annual CPA Day of Service on Sept. 24, with employee teams from 13 firms completing 16 service projects across 10 Indiana communities: Avon, Elkhart, Goshen, Indianapolis, Lawrence, Muncie, Munster, South Bend, West Lafayette and Winona Lake. “So many CPAs have already gone above and
Damir Khabirov | iStock | Getty Images The expansion of the child tax credit is aimed at lifting millions of American families out of poverty. Yet an omission in its legislative language may leave behind a group that would most benefit from it: struggling student loan borrowers. The American Rescue Plan, the $1.9 trillion stimulus
SpaceX’s Starship rocket production facility in Boca Chica, Texas, as CEO Elon Musk (third from the right) and President Gwynne Shotwell (third from the left) tour. Steve Jurvetson on flickr The valuation of Elon Musk’s SpaceX crossed $100 billion following a share sale by existing investors announced this week, CNBC has learned. SpaceX has an
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Dutch treat; ain’t no Sunshine; the trouble with truffles; and other highlights of recent tax cases. Charleston, South Carolina: Real estate developer James Thomas Bramlette of Salt Lake City has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax fraud. In 2011, Bramlette borrowed $17.5 million from a Dutch investor to purchase out of bankruptcy Melrose Resort
Recent proposals to increase the effective tax rates (ETRs) faced by multinationals rely on the argument that these firms achieve artificially low tax rates by shifting profits to foreign tax havens and other low-tax countries. By raising the tax rates on the foreign income of U.S. multinationals, these proposals would supposedly reduce profit shifting. However,
A Social Security Administration office in San Francisco. Getty Images The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2022 could be the biggest in decades. However, that increase to monthly checks will not be enough, according to The Senior Citizens League, a nonpartisan advocacy group. Now, in a letter sent to members of both the House of
OneSpan (OSPN) is a leading cybersecurity enterprise trusted by 60% of the world’s top 100 banks but is currently in that awkward transformation phase to the cloud, catalyzing adverse price action that spells opportunity.
In 2019, revenue from personal income taxes made up 24 percent of total tax revenue across OECD countries. Countries tax labor income in various ways through payroll taxes, personal income taxes, and, in some cases, surtaxes. Between 2018 and 2021, eight European countries in the OECD changed their top personal income tax rates. Of these eight countries, four cut their
Youth march along Pennsylvania Avenue to the U.S. Capitol Building as part of the Global Climate Strike protests on Sept. 20, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Samuel Corum | Getty Images With the clock ticking, who will solve the problems of climate change and global warming? Most U.S. teens believe that everyone should help. Nearly 70%
In this article SPWR Construction workers install SunPower tiles on homes in San Ramon, Calif. Robert Nickelsberg | Getty Images SunPower said Tuesday that it’s restructuring its operations in a bid to focus exclusively on the fast-growing residential solar market. The company is acquiring residential solar provider Blue Raven, while also looking to sell its
The Senate is nearing a deal on a short-term increase in the debt ceiling that would pull the U.S. from the brink of a payment default but threatens to exacerbate year-end clashes over trillions in government spending. After weeks of stalled talks, Democrats appeared to be on the verge of accepting a proposal from Senate