Taxes

NEW YORK, March 18, 2020 — A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange the day that … [+] the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell to its lowest point since February 2017. Michael Nagle/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images As governments deal with paying for Covid-19 expenses amid falling tax revenue and shrinking

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters while hosting Republican … [+] Congressional leaders and members of his cabinet in the Oval Office at the White House July 20, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump and his guests talked about a proposed new round of financial stimulus to help the economy

M&A – acronym from wooden blocks with letters, mergers and acquisitions M&A concept, top view on … [+] grey background Getty As vulnerable businesses continue to struggle with the effects of COVID-19, there has been an uptick in mergers and acquisitions. Whether these deals have unintended tax consequences, however, may depend on choices that the buyer,

Celebrate more tax-free income with a ROTH IRA in 2020. Getty The Roth IRA has been around for more than 20 years, and many people may take them for granted. Even modest contributions over time can translate into a substantial amount of tax-free income throughout your retirement. The uber-rich may wish for the tax-free income

Are you watching for your tax refund? The July 15 tax deadline is now behind us, so unless you extended to October 15 to cut your audit risk, you might be thinking about a juicy tax refund that you hope will come quickly. The day after tax day, the IRS is quick to remind everyone

In 1970, Philadelphia’s Franklin Institute got a Moog synthesizer—a giant, unwieldy computer that created music. The sound was weird and quite evidently electronic. My fellow high school science geeks and I found it endlessly fascinating. But we couldn’t imagine how wonderfully diverse and inventive electronic music would become. It’s grown into a mainstay of pop music and enabled

WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – JULY 14: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden … [+] speaks at the Chase Center July 14, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden delivered remarks on his campaign’s ‘Build Back Better’ clean energy economic plan. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Getty Images Experts are now warning of the likely impact of

Getty July 15, 2020, marked the end of tax season for those taxpayers not on extension. The revised due date made for an interesting tax season, for sure, but even so, some things are universal – and that includes tax advice. I asked some of the best tax folks I know to share their top

The IRS warns about the top 12 taxpayer scams. Getty Tax season is finally over, unless you opted for a filing extension until October 15, but tax scams are still brewing. The Internal Revenue Service released its annual Dirty Dozen tax scams today with a warning about aggressive and evolving schemes related to Covid-19 tax

With stimulus checks to process, truckloads of unopened mail, and staff unavailable to resolve flags … [+] on electronically filed returns, the IRS has fallen behind issuing 2019 tax refunds. Andrew Harrer/2019 Bloomberg Finance Hope you had a Happy Tax Day. I’m still waiting for my refund. I filed my 2019 individual income tax return

TOPLINE Major banks kicked off earnings season on Tuesday, leading the market higher, as investors rotated out of big tech stocks and remained wary about the recent surge in new coronavirus cases across the United States. The market is bracing for its worst earnings season in 12 years. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images KEY FACTS

A budtender (right) shows cannabis buds to a customer at the Green Pearl Organics dispensary on the … [+] first day of legal recreational marijuana sales in California, January 1, 2018 at the Green Pearl Organics marijuana dispensary in Desert Hot Springs, California. / AFP PHOTO / Robyn Beck (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty

Getty This Tax Day doesn’t sure doesn’t look – or feel – like any other Tax Day.  Due to Covid-19, the original filing deadline and tax payment due date for 2019 was postponed from April 15, 2020, to July 15, 2020. With many states still under travel and work restrictions due to the pandemic, some

May state sales tax receipts shrank by nearly $6 billion, or 21 percent, compared to May 2019, according to data compiled by the Tax Policy Center. State stay-at-home orders, decisions to close businesses, states’ sales tax filing and payment deadline extensions, and COVID-19 cases all contributed to the freefall of sales tax revenues. State sales tax revenue

Atlanta, Georgia, USA Downtown Skyline Aerial. Getty The state of the conservation syndication easement industry brings to mind one of my favorite Kingston Trio songs – Everglades. Where a man can hide and never be found And have no fear of the bayin’ hound But he better keep it movin’ and don’t stand still If

Getty In May of this year, David A. Staveley (a/k/a Kurt D. Sanborn) of Andover, Massachusetts, and David Butziger of Warwick, Rhode Island, were accused of conspiring to illegally obtain funds through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The PPP offers billions of dollars in potentially forgivable loans to keep workers on the payroll, guaranteed by the Small Business

July 15, new day of payment of taxes, extended period for pandemic in America, fund with IRS form. Getty Kelly Phillips Erb, the managing shareholder of Erb Law Firm PC and a Forbes senior contributor known as @taxgirl on Twitter, talks to Tax Notes reporter Jonathan Curry about the abnormal 2020 tax season. This post has been

Getty Back in April, I wrote about Bank of America’s horrible handling of Payroll Protection Loans. I wrote about a case I knew — my own. After my column appeared, I received one email after another written by business owners who experienced the same nightmare. I then wrote a column, copying some of these emails,

Getty If you’re a small business owner, it’s likely that the COVID-19 pandemic has left you little time to think about the upcoming tax filing deadline on July 15. Over the last few months, you’ve dealt with temporary lockdowns, lost revenue and layoffs—all while applying for desperately needed assistance.  Many small business owners understandably breathed

Bob Jones, Jr., and Bob Jones III (younger man wearing gray suit), president of Bob Jones … [+] University, outside U.S. Supreme Court during hearing on tax exemption case. Bettmann Archive The Key Words The second part of President Trump’s education tweet has the key words that form the basis for an IRS attack on