Month: May 2021

Unemployment applications are seen as City of Hialeah employees hand them out to people in front of the John F. Kennedy Library on April 08, 2020 in Hialeah, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Workers asked to repay unemployment benefits issued during the Covid pandemic may be getting a refund. However, it may take states up to
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A small business owner in Chinatown, San Francisco Source: CNBC The Paycheck Protection Program has run out of money for most borrowers before its planned May 31 end, the Small Business Administration said on Tuesday. Going forward, the program will only accept new applications from Community Financial Institutions, which typically serve minority borrowers, as about
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Rules of thumb are common in financial literature. Who can disagree with “buy low, sell high” or “decrease your risk exposure by diversifying your portfolio”? Author and retirement planner Dana Anspach, CFP®, RMA®, observes that these kinds of rules of thumb can be useful to point the way, but beyond that, may lose their value. In
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In the latest episode of Tax Notes Talk, enrolled agents Eva Rosenberg and Jeffrey Schneider share their experiences on communicating with the IRS during the coronavirus pandemic and how the agency can improve.  The post has been edited for length and clarity. William Hoffman: Welcome, Eva, and welcome, Jeffrey. Today, we’re talking about how tax professionals are dealing with
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General Motors employees work on the assembly line at the Fairfax Assembly & Stamping Plant in Kansas City, Kansas. Jim Barcus for General Motors General Motors is set to report its first-quarter earnings before the bell on Wednesday. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting, based on average analysts’ estimates compiled by Refinitiv. Adjusted EPS: $1.04
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Though JPMorgan Chase will reportedly offer a bitcoin fund for wealthy clients, chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon still isn’t personally sold on the cryptocurrency. “I’m not a bitcoin supporter,” Dimon said during The Wall Street Journal CEO Council summit on Tuesday. “I don’t care about bitcoin. I have no interest in it.” “On the other
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Oliver Rossi | DigitalVision | Getty Images Many American parents are financially supporting their adult children at the expense of their own financial wellness. Almost half, or 45%, of parents with adult offspring have given their children money during the coronavirus pandemic and of those 79% said the funds would have otherwise gone towards their
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Let’s talk stimulus. First, let’s talk about someone who normally does not file an income tax return, then someone who does. Then, we’ll discuss what you can do if your stimulus payment got lost. Don’t Owe Taxes? The first two rounds of Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) were, according to the IRS, “advance payments of the
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Today’s column addresses questions about potential effects of retiring from work four years before filing for a retirement benefit, filing for retirement benefits before spousal benefits and transferring conserved benefits to a capable beneficiary. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc, which
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