Morsa Images | Digitalvision | Getty Images If you worked from home in 2022, you may be wondering if you qualify for the home office deduction, which offers a tax break for part of your home expenses. Remote work was an option for 10.6% of workers in 2022, with higher percentages among tech, legal and
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In this article SI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Cryptocurrencies have been under immense pressure after the collapse of a so-called stablecoin called terraUSD. Umit Turhan Coskun | Nurphoto via Getty Images Silvergate Capital jumped on Tuesday afternoon after BlackRock reported a 7% stake in the crypto bank. Shares of Silvergate rose 9.96% after
D3sign | Moment | Getty Images It’s tax season, and Americans are confronted by a lot of tax jargon when preparing their returns. Two types of tax breaks stand out among all the lingo: credits and deductions. Each lowers your tax liability, which is the total annual tax owed on your income. (That figure can
Westend61 When homeowners look for ways to fund home improvement projects or other expenses, sometimes a home equity line of credit emerges as an option. HELOCs, as they’re called, let you borrow money against a portion of your home’s equity — the difference between your mortgage balance and the house’s appraised value — up to
You may think that your aging loved ones are safe from being ripped off because they’ve been careful about their estate planning, particularly if they have a lot to steal. But there is more to keeping them safe financially than a will and trust. The elders tell you “we’ve taken care of all that. Don’t
Tax Notes Capitol Hill reporter Doug Sword discusses the latest national sales tax proposal in Congress, and contributing editor Robert Goulder shares his thoughts on the challenges of implementing the tax. 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
With so much decor on the market and so many designers, finding something original is rare. It can be challenging to distinguish one brand or artist from the next, but designer Katie Kime has managed to create a truly unique line of decor featuring her sophisticated yet cheerful prints. The designer is perhaps best known
In this article GM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT DETROIT — General Motors handily beat Wall Street’s top- and bottom-line expectations for the fourth quarter, while forecasting another solid year of results in 2023. The strong report suggests GM is hanging onto record, or near-record, results even as the U.S. automotive industry begins to
In this article SPOT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People exit the Spotify headquarters building in Lower Manhattan on January 23, 2023 in New York City. Eduardo MunozAlvarez | View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images Spotify shares popped as much as 10% Tuesday after the company reported fourth-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ expectations
In this article LRCX PNT-FF IP PHM UPS MCD AOS PARA CAT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT General Motors CEO Mary Barra speaks to reporters while she waits for the arrival of President Joe Biden at media day of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, September 14, 2022. Rebecca Cook |
Djordje Krstic | Istock | Getty Images Fewer borrowers will be able to claim the student loan interest deduction for 2022, with federal loan payments on hold for the duration of the year. But some people may still qualify. Before the Covid pandemic, nearly 13 million taxpayers took advantage of the break, which allows borrowers
Shoppers in San Francisco on Dec. 21, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Months of high inflation have weighed heavily on households. As of December, 64% of Americans were living paycheck to paycheck, according to a recent LendingClub report — up from 61% a year earlier and in line with the historic high first
Households of color often find themselves in a tighter financial bind than is the case for white households. Black, Latino, many Asian households as well as households of other and multiple races and ethnicities tend to have fewer savings, while they face greater financial risks from unemployment, health emergencies, and widespread discrimination, among others. Squeezed
The idea of a wealth tax as a panacea for budgetary shortfalls at the federal and state levels has been around since at least the 1930s. Recently, using wealth as a source of tax revenues has heated up. Starting with the 2020 Presidential campaign, Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren and others floated the idea
You wouldn’t think that gun violence and residential design or real estate have anything in common, but there is a nexus: secure firearm storage. (Safety and security is a key facet of both wellness design and wellness real estate.) There is near universal agreement by the firearms industry, health professionals, law enforcement and both sides
In this article PARA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT In this photo illustration, Paramount+ (Paramount Plus) logo is seen on a smartphone against its website in the background. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Paramount Global is further joining its streaming and cable TV business by combining its Showtime TV
In this article UNH NXPI WHR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An employee stands next to a Whirlpool washing machine inside a home appliances showroom in New Delhi. Anindito Mukherjee | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: NXP Semiconductors — Shares of NXP Semiconductors dropped 3% in extended trading after
Simpleimages | Moment | Getty Images Long Covid is keeping people out of work and may reduce on-the-job productivity for others, contributing to a labor shortage and weighing on the U.S. economy at large, according to a new study. Long Covid — also known as long-haul Covid, post-Covid or post-acute Covid syndrome — is a
Thanks to some positive feedback on my recent piece, I have decided to dig deeper into the Fair Tax Act of 2023. The Reader’s Digest version of the act is that it eliminates federal corporate and individual income tax, payroll taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare, estate tax and gift tax. In their place
After years of cold, stark modern aesthetics, traditional design is back in a major way. No one knows this more than Jennifer Hunter. The incredibly talented designer is a master of timeless looks—all while putting her own spin on things like mounting a pink surfboard feet from a classic scalloped coffee table. From bold colors