Cryptocurrency Donations More Complicated Donating cryptocurrency and getting a charitable contribution deduction has just gotten more complicated and costly as a result of a new IRS pronouncement. If Taxpayer A donates cryptocurrency for which a charitable contribution deduction of more than $5,000 is claimed, a qualified appraisal is required under section 170(f)(11)(C) to qualify for
Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about the effect of rolling a public pension over into an IRA, survivor’s benefits and the earnings test and how military credits can be applied to benefit amounts. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See
Homeownership is the one true goal for Americans seeking financial security. At least that’s the advice handed out like candy at Halloween or beads at Mardi Gras. But, in fact, many Americans choose to rent, not because they can’t afford to buy a home, but because they find renting to be advantageous. A newly published
Prospective buyers at an open house in Florida. Mike Stocker | South Florida Sun Sentinel | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The average rate on the 30-year fixed rate mortgage has fallen to 5.99%, according to Mortgage News Daily. The housing market hasn’t seen the rate with a five handle since a brief blip
In this article GOOGL GOOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., speaks during the CEO Summit of the Americas hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles, California, US, on Thursday, June 9, 2022. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google parent Alphabet will
In this article GWW COIN OKTA APD META LLY FSLR ALGN FDX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Commission took issue with Meta’s pairing of Facebook Marketplace with its personal social network. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Meta — The
In this article RACE RACE-IT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna poses for a photograph as Ferrari unveils a new long term strategy, in Maranello, Italy, June 15, 2022. Flavio Lo Scalzo | Reuters Ferrari on Thursday reported full-year profit up 13% year over year and guided to an even stronger
Tim Bieber | Photodisc | Getty Images Amid stock market gyrations, recession fears and loftier payouts, consumers pumped a record sum of money last year into annuities, a type of insurance that offers a guaranteed income stream. Buyers funneled $310.6 billion into annuities in 2022, according to estimates published by Limra, an insurance industry trade
AsiaVision | E+ | Getty Images Most Americans can file their taxes for free — but many don’t seize the opportunity. Roughly 70% of taxpayers qualify to use IRS Free File, but only 2% used it during the 2022 filing season, according to the National Taxpayer Advocate’s annual report to Congress. A public-private partnership between
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Washington’s runaway spending is highlighting the seemingly unstoppable growth of the big entitlement programs: Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Moreover, the trust funds for Social Security and Medicare are headed for insolvency. These looming disasters are prompting plenty of proposals on what to do: raise eligibility
It won’t be long before the IRS releases its proposal for how to use the almost $80 billion in supplemental funding that Congress granted it over the next 10 years in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA, P.L. 117-169). The plan is supposed to be out in mid-February. Although more than half of the $80 billion
Do buyers tell their agents the truth about what they want? The phrase “Buyers are liars” was one of the first I learned when I entered the real estate brokerage business forty years ago, and it has stuck with me for a variety of reasons. 3 But second, and perhaps ultimately more important, the phrase
In this article RIVN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Workers inspect a Rivian R1T electric vehicle (EV) pickup truck on the assembly line at the company’s manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, US., on Monday, April 11, 2022. Jamie Kelter Davis | Bloomberg | Getty Images Electric truck maker Rivian Automotive said it is laying
Shell said last month that windfall taxes imposed by the European Union and U.K. following the surge in profits would cost the group about $2 billion. Paul Ellis | Afp | Getty Images British oil giant Shell on Thursday posted its highest-ever annual profit, bolstered by soaring fossil fuel prices and robust demand since Russia’s
In this article .BBKA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A statue is pictured next to the logo of Germany’s Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, September 30, 2016. Kai Pfaffenbach | Reuter Deutsche Bank on Thursday reported its 10th straight quarter of profit, but shares retreated as analysts honed in on an uncertain outlook and
In this article RCL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Canadian Tammy Cecco wasn’t a fan of cruising. “The thought of being on a ship with thousands of other people and not being able to get off,” she said, “was something that I wanted to avoid.” That didn’t change when Cecco, a travel magazine publisher,
andresr | E+ | Getty Images More than 50 million workers quit their jobs in 2022, according to federal data, breaking a record set the year prior and demonstrating the resilience of a hot labor market characterized by ample job opportunity. The trend of workers voluntarily leaving their jobs began in early 2021, as the
Key takeaways The Fed is expected to introduce a 0.25% interest rate hike today, bringing the target up to 4.75% Inflation is already showing signs of cooling, so now the Fed risks higher interest rates causing a recession The shifting global economic landscape means the Fed may need to revisit its rate hikes sooner than
The Pandemic Response Accountability Committee—or PRAC—has identified billions of dollars in potential fraud and identity theft related to pandemic relief loan programs. The PRAC report, issued this week, identified 69,323 questionable Social Security Numbers used to obtain $5.4 billion from the Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and the Paycheck Protection Program. Together,
When it comes to apartment buildings, there are many ways to differentiate — “doorman” versus “non-doorman” buildings are one key distinction, for example. But perhaps the most basic or popular way to differentiate buildings is by contrasting those with elevators and those without. As such, what floor a property is on can have a significant
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