Month: October 2021

Should tax cheats with unreported income pay their fair share of federal income taxes? That’s what’s at stake in the congressional tax compliance proposal that would reel in tax cheats by tracking bank account transfers. The proposal has riled industry players and stoked misinformation campaigns. Amid this backdrop, the Treasury Department issued a fact sheet
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Investment Specialist, Team Denver Homes - RE/MAX Professionals. If you’ve ever binged a real estate reality TV series, you know how satisfying a before-and-after home reveal can be. With big teams and big budgets, these shows renovate, reconstruct and redesign houses to boost their resale value. It’s entertaining TV, but if you’re an average homeowner, it’s probably
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Saule Omarova United States Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs President Joe Biden’s pick to run one of Washington’s most important banking industry regulators might not have enough support for confirmation in the Senate. Senate Democrats are fractured over whether to support Saule Omarova, Biden’s indicated choice to lead the Office of the Comptroller
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Starship prototype 20 is stacked on top of Super Heavy Booster 4 on August 6, 2021. SpaceX Elon Musk’s SpaceX has become one of the world’s most valuable private companies, and Morgan Stanley believes the Starship rockets the venture is developing will have wide-reaching implications. Starship is the massive, next-generation rocket SpaceX is developing to be
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VALERIE MACON | AFP | Getty Images When the Covid-19 pandemic prompted a dramatic drop in wages, that also sparked concerns that one particular cohort would see lower Social Security benefits as a result. Those concerns, however, have abated, according to new data from the Social Security Administration. The reason comes down to the national
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Tax Notes chief correspondent Stephanie Soong Johnston recaps the final agreement on the OECD’s two-pillar corporate tax reform plan approved in October by 136 countries of the inclusive framework. 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:
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This segment of What’s Ahead spotlights a chilling proposal from the White House and congressional Democrats that would ultimately destroy all vestiges of your financial privacy. If Congress approves, the IRS will track every bank account with more than $600 in activity a year. With straight faces, proponents claim this gross invasion of privacy is
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High-rise apartment buildings at China Evergrande Group’s under-construction Riverside Palace development in Taicang, Jiangsu province, China, on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese developer Evergrande made little progress toward complying with Beijing’s crackdown on real estate debt — until it was too late for investors who poured
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