Month: December 2021

Tax Notes contributing editors Robert Goulder and Joseph J. Thorndike debate the need for a tax on unvaccinated people in the United States, all in five minutes. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Robert Goulder: With the omicron variant threatening to plunge the world into another cold COVID winter, some would say it’s finally time
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Congress reacted to the massive economic turmoil brought on by the pandemic with a series of large-scale interventions. Those helped boost wealth for all households. Lower-income and middle-income households dipped into their savings sooner than higher-income ones to pay their bills. The difference in financial emergencies and needs contributed to a renewed increase in wealth
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Benjamin Alarie with Blue J Legal discusses how technology is influencing and changing the tax field and the future of tax jobs. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax Notes Today International. This week: tax jobs of the future, today. Technology is an ever increasingly important aspect of the
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President Joe Biden addresses graduates of South Carolina State University during their commencement ceremony on Dec. 17, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The Biden administration is considering extending the payment pause and interest waiver for most federal student loan borrowers once again. “Since day one of the Biden Administration, we’ve been hard
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The economy faces another winter of massive uncertainty. The pandemic rages on around the globe and a new coronavirus variant raises the specter of the health crisis getting much worse. Countering that uncertainty will require more business investments, among other things, that will strengthen the momentum of faster growth that carried the economy through the
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The superyacht “Kismet”, currently owned by Pakistani-American billionaire Shahid Khan, is seen moored near Tower Bridge on October 21, 2021 in London, England. Leon Neal | Getty Images More than 1,000 superyachts are now in production or on order, as the global rich seek refuge from Covid-19 and crowds on their nine-figure floating palaces. According
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