Month: July 2021

Investors may want to keep the antacid nearby. Long-term market bull Tony Dwyer sees near-term turbulence in connection with his “summer of indigestion” call. So, he’s encouraging investors to resist making any big moves right now. “We’ve had one heck of a run. It’s been an excessive run in the indices,” the Canaccord Genuity chief
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David Solomon, chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs & Co., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Monday, April 29, 2019. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said that China’s recent moves boosting oversight of its technology
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A Social Security Administration office in San Francisco. Getty Images There’s new leadership at the Social Security Administration. A number of retirement advocates are applauding the move. President Joe Biden fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul on July 9. Saul, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, locked heads with Democrats earlier this year over
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In 1974, the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight was a popular car – and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) was enacted to govern the US pension system. A lot has changed since 1974. Oldsmobile no longer exists, for one thing. The “typical” American family comes in many more shapes and sizes. And American workers are unlikely
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In this installment of Willis Weighs In, Tax Analysts’ Jasper Smith, Executive Editor for Commentary, talks with Tax Notes contributing editor Benjamin M. Willis and Jillian S. Brennan, 2021 valedictorian of the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law, about their article on zero-basis debt and writing about tax. Here are a few highlights from their discussion, edited for length
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Bill Oxford | E+ | Getty Images Roughly 4 million refunds will be sent this week to people who overpaid taxes on their 2020 unemployment benefits, the IRS announced Tuesday. Due to the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, which became law in March, up to $10,200 in 2020 unemployment compensation was excluded from taxable
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Most people follow the straightforward path of real estate: We buy, we own our home, we live there for a number of years, the house appreciates in value, and we sell it. Do we pay taxes on that appreciation? For most Americans, the answer is no. This is due to Internal Revenue Code, section 121,
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Liz Armbruester, Avalara’s senior vice president of global compliance, discusses the recent EU VAT e-commerce reforms and their impact on businesses and consumers worldwide. 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: VAT update. On July
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The nation is relishing a joyous rebound from Covid, and growing interest in rubbing shoulders at social gatherings is one telling manifestation. A degree of physical closeness verboten just 12 months ago is now eagerly embraced, often literally. Just in time for this new era of in-person conviviality, the club room has enjoyed a celebrated
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