After rejecting corporate income tax rate increases to help pay for President Biden’s Build Back Better plan, House Democrats passed a 15 percent alternative minimum tax on the income very large corporations report to their shareholders. This tax on book income would raise about $300 billion over 10 years. But it creates a mess of policy
Month: November 2021
Wellness design and federal legislation rarely intersect, but the just-signed bipartisan infrastructure deal – officially named Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – has several components that will benefit Americans’ well-being where they live. While most of the funds will go toward public infrastructure, such as airports, bridges, roads, tunnels and ports, providing residential access to
A demonstrator lights a smoke bomb during a rally held by Austria’s far-right Freedom Party FPOe against the measures taken to curb the Covid pandemic, at Maria Theresien Platz square in Vienna, Austria on November 20, 2021. JOE KLAMAR | AFP | Getty Images Protests against fresh Covid-19 restrictions have rocked Europe over the weekend,
Bryn Mawr Trust’s Jeff Mills is recommending stocks involved in supply chains, cybersecurity and e-commerce because they have “staying power.” He credits the groups’ capacity to insulate investors from the tug-of-war between growth and cyclical stocks. Mills’ first pick focuses on companies helping supply chains. “You’re starting to hear a narrative of things improving there,
Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Elizabeth Holmes took mostly easy questions from her defense attorney on Monday, as the former Theranos founder was given the stage to tout
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule on launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on November 09, 2021 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images The leadership of SpaceX’s rocket business has been shaken up, CNBC has learned, as two vice presidents have parted with the company. The changes
President Joe Biden announced Monday that he is nominating Jerome Powell for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve, which means Americans can expect the U.S. central bank to maintain its patient stance on inflation and interest rates. Biden praised Powell and the Fed for “decisive” action that cushioned the impact of the
Roth IRA Contribution Ranges Like a traditional tax-deductible IRA, the maximum Roth IRA contribution for 2022 is $6,000, and the catch-up contribution for those 50 and older is $1,000, for a total maximum contribution of $7,000 for those age 50 or older. Keep in mind that these maximums assume you have earned income at or
Americans may be divided over the necessity and efficacy of gun control, but it is hard for anyone to deny that the healthcare costs for victims of gun violence are substantial. State and local governments must spend a significant amount of tax dollars for law enforcement, ambulance services, and more, which can cut deeply into
Commercial real estate financing structures often include not only mortgage loans but also mezzanine loans. These latter loans are secured by pledges of ownership interests in the mortgage borrower. If the mezzanine loan defaults, the mezzanine lender can foreclose on the ownership interests in the mortgage borrower. Through that foreclosure, the mezzanine lender, or sometimes
In this article NFLX Kevin Spacey attends the Build Series to discuss his new play ‘Clarence Darrow’ at Build Studio on May 24, 2017 in New York City. Daniel Zuchnik | WireImage | Getty Images Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey was ordered last year to pay nearly $31 million to the studio behind Netflix’s “House of
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan makes a toast after the Nasdaq opening bell ceremony in New York on April 18, 2019. Kena Betancur | Getty Images Zoom reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Monday, while warning investors of a revenue slowdown at the video-chat company as the pandemic comes to an end. Here’s how the company did:
In this article GM RIVN BLNK ASTR The GM logo is seen on a water tank of the General Motors assembly plant in Ramos Arizpe, in Coahuila state, Mexico February 11, 2021. Daniel Becerril | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Activision Blizzard — The video game stock continues to be
Bill Gates wants you to read more science fiction. On Monday, Gates released his annual holiday book recommendation list — along with a blog post explaining why two of his five selections are science-fiction books. As a child, he wrote, he was “obsessed” with science fiction. And though the famous reading enthusiast focused more on
In this article ASTR The company’s rocket LV0007 lifts off from Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak, Alaska on November 20, 2021. Astra Shares of rocket builder Astra surged in trading on Monday after the company reached orbit for the first time over the weekend. The company’s rocket LV0007 launched from the Pacific Spaceport Complex in
katleho Seisa Despite the biggest cost-of-living adjustment in decades, Social Security beneficiaries may still find it challenging to make their monthly checks stretch farther next year. The reasons: Inflation is continuing to drive up consumer prices, while standard Medicare Part B premiums will rise by 14.5% in 2022 in a bigger-than-expected jump. The Consumer Price
A recent Tax Court Case, Smaldino V. Commissioner Of Internal Revenue, T.C. Memo. 2021-127, November 10, 2021 has lots of important lessons on how to do an estate plan properly. These lessons are particularly important for those that did planning in a rush in 2020 and 2021 fearing dramatic changes in the tax laws. Even
Tuesday November 30, 2021, is “Giving Tuesday.” Both last year and this year taxpayers who typically take the standard deduction can deduct cash contributions made to qualifying charities. For 2020 taxpayers were allowed to make an up to $300 adjustment per tax return for cash charitable contributions. For 2021 the amount has been increased to
Her heart might be in Havana, but Cuban-American singer-songwriter Camila Cabello has been living a beautiful life with her best friend and now former partner, Canadian singer Shawn Mendes, in a Hollywood Hills home that has everything, including a recording studio. She recently put her home on the market for $3.95 million. Though together for
In this article ULVR-GB Alan Schein Photography | The Image Bank | Getty Images The former CEO of consumer goods giant Unilever has told CNBC it was “disappointing” that the Glasgow Climate Pact’s language on coal was watered down, but expressed hope that it will be firmed up at the COP27 and COP28 summits in
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