getty A woman who faked her resume for years in exchange for high-paying executive gigs is finally going to prison. That was the word out of the Department of Justice in a case that has all of the makings of a daytime television plot. Sonja Emery was known at various times as Sonja Lee Robinson,
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The scheduled expiration of the Fed’s Municipal Liquidity Facility (MLF) at the end of 2020 could … [+] threaten a repeat of this spring’s market liquidity crisis. getty As Senate Republicans continue blocking state and city budget aid in a new stimulus package, progressive advocates want the Federal Reserve to be a much more active municipal lender. But
Getty Images Calling scientists idiots, mocking masks, holding rallies with no social distancing, organizing a super spreader event at the White House, discouraging testing, making states compete for vital medical supplies, failing to organize a federal contract-tracing system — these purposeful actions and inactions are why we are seeing articles counting Trump Deaths from Trump
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about what happens if you delay filing for Social Security retirement benefits past 70, whether someone can falsely claim spousal benefits on someone else’s record and when survivor’s benefits can be paid and why they may not be. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston
Pennsylvania State Capitol Building getty In the administration of state government, there are times when the separate executive and legislative branches become entwined. This is often the case with tax measures. A state’s executive might outline a legislative platform during a public address or draft legislation for the legislature to consider. The executive’s role in
President Donald Trump and Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden during the final presidential … [+] debate in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020. (Photos by Brendan Smialowski and JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI,JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images At first glance, the tax agendas of presidential candidates Donald Trump
In this installment of In the Pages, Robert Goulder, contributing editor for Tax Notes International, Martin Sullivan, chief economist and contributing editor for Tax Notes Federal, and Joseph Thorndike, director of the Tax History Project and contributing editor for Tax Notes Federal, delve into the details of the presidential candidates’ tax proposals. In their discussion, they address the connection
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 22: People watch a broadcast of the final debate between … [+] President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Getty Images Much ink is being spilled about what a Democrat or a Republican presidential result could mean for the stock market. This is
getty The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the annual inflation adjustments for the tax year 2021 – and that includes penalty amounts. Here’s a quick look at some of the most common: Failure-To-File Penalty It’s important to file even if you can’t afford to pay because the IRS imposes a failure-to-file penalty if you don’t
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about when Social Security uses the annual earnings test rather than the monthly test, when to contact Social Security in order to switch from a survivor’s benefit to a retirement benefit and how spousal and survivor’s benefits are calculated. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at
US tax form 1065 with a silver pen getty The IRS put something exciting on Page 30 of the draft 2020 Instructions for Form 1065. I am going to try to explain why this is important to anybody other than the few thousand people who take this stuff seriously. In 2017 there were 3.9 million
Congressional ridlock over state and city budget aid may lead to new demands on Federal Reserve and … [+] muni market. –Getty Creative Images getty Failing to pass another Covid stimulus package because of Senate Republican resistance is increasing the budget squeeze on cities and states and raising cautions in the municipal bond market. Although Joe Biden and
getty The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced the annual inflation adjustments for the tax year 2021, including tax rate schedules, tax tables and cost-of-living adjustments. These are the numbers for the tax year 2021 beginning January 1, 2021. They are not the numbers and tables that you’ll use to prepare your 202o tax returns in 2021 (you’ll find
Victims of California wildfires that began Sept. 4 have until Jan. 15, 2021, to file various individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the IRS announced. The IRS has offered this relief to any area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as qualifying for individual assistance. Currently this includes Fresno, Los
BRAZIL – 2020/10/09: In this photo illustration the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) logo seen … [+] displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images On Oct 23, 2020, the IRS released instructions to the draft 2020 Form 1040 which contains the infamous virtual currency question
Billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, chairman and founder of Ineos Group Holdings Plc, pauses during a news … [+] conference during the official launch event of the Team Ineos cycling group in Ilkley, U.K., on Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Following its recent purchase of Team Sky, Ineos has said it’s in talks to invest in OGC Nice,
WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES – 2020/10/22: A view of an official Mail-in ballot for the … [+] 2020 general election. Mail-in Ballots have gone out and they are being returned. (Photo by Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Election 2020 is less than two weeks away and between expanded mail-in
President Trump has paid more in taxes through his secret Chinese bank account to China than he has … [+] paid Uncle Sam in federal income taxes. Getty Images The explosive revelations that self-proclaimed billionaire Donald Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes – a tiny fraction of what he paid the Chinese government
Close-up of Conservation easement with pen getty The Senate Finance Committee’s investigation of conservation easement syndications is a bright spot of bipartisanship on a bleak landscape of divisiveness. I say this even though I was a little disappointed in the proposed Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act of 2020 that came out shortly after the
Getty Are your accounts receivables piling up? With so many people out of work, many businesses are experiencing slow payers and (gulp) non-payers. If you’re not sure about the practical and tax aspects of handling those accounts, here are a few things to keep in mind. Don’t assume that you can send a Form 1099-C