A recent Maryland court case (Strashny v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue) filed on June 11, 2020 shows how your cryptocurrency holdings could work against you in applying for an installment plan with the IRS and how — contrary to popular belief — regulators have oversight over your cryptocurrency portfolio. Facts Of The Case The taxpayers in the
Running out of paper isn’t the only toilet-associated risk, according to a new coronavirus study. Getty You’re keeping six feet between yourself and others in public and avoiding crowded public spaces, especially indoors. You’re wearing a mask outside of the house. You’re keeping your home’s surfaces as germ-free as possible to avoid even the lower
National Security Adviser John Bolton listens as U.S. President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, April 9, 2018. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump asked China’s leader Xi Jinping to help him win the 2020 U.S. presidential election, suggesting that China’s boosted purchases of U.S. agricultural products could
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stands in lower Manhattan on May 18, 2020 in New York City. Markets surged today as promising details of a potential COVID-19 vaccine were released and more European countries gradually re-opened after months of lockdown. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stock futures were flat in overnight trading on Wednesday
Billionaire and legendary Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen has every second of his day and night scheduled, including free time and time to think — and the practice is critical to his success, he says. “The big thing is basically *everything* is on the calendar. Sleep is on the calendar, going to bed is in
Klaus Vedfelt Digital banks like Chime and Square’s Cash App have added millions of users by offering streamlined, mobile-first accounts without the pesky fees associated with brick-and-mortar banks. To that list of disruptors, add the New York-based start-up Current. Current, founded in 2015 by former Wall Street trader Stuart Sopp, has offered fee-free mobile checking
Yellow Dog Productions The U.S. economy is restarting and millions of unemployed Americans are returning to work. Yet that positive trajectory may not last. Many newly employed Americans could be furloughed or laid off again. Officials in areas like New York have discussed renewed lockdown measures as citizens flaunt social distancing rules. Houston may
10’000 Hours The IRS won’t let you write off those home-office expenses on your 2020 taxes, but your state just might. It’s been about three months since state governments put in place stay-at-home orders to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. Indeed, employees who have the option to work remotely are getting used to it. More
By Michele Turk, Next Avenue Contributor Getty By the time my doctor told me via FaceTime that I tested positive for Covid-19, my symptoms were long gone. I was probably not contagious anymore, and I had temporary immunity to the virus. For weeks afterward, the same thought replayed in my mind: I survived the coronavirus. How
Watch Benjamin Willis and Joseph Thorndike, contributing editors for Tax Notes Federal, discuss the Whiskey Rebellion, the first time the federal government used military force to quell a domestic uprising. Here are a few highlights… On federal military force and tax Joseph J. Thorndike: The very first time that the federal government used military force to put
New home construction may finally be seeing a turnaround. Getty New home construction had all but ground to a halt in recent months, as the coronavirus pandemic swept the nation, closing cities and businesses down with it. Fortunately, it appears those days are numbered. According to data released by the Census Bureau this morning, housing
Emanuel Simhayev, owner and pharmacist at Get Well Rx in Astoria, Queens, consults with a customer purchasing face masks. April 2, 2020 Doug Hirsch never intended to get into the health-care business. The Yahoo and Facebook veteran was thinking through ideas back in 2010 when he became fixated on the fact that a consumer couldn’t
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) building is seen with the Fearless Girl Statue during Covid-19 pandemic in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States on May 26, 2020. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images This is a live blog. Please check back for updates. 8:30 am: GM to hold moments of silence recognizing
“Opportunity zones,” a cornerstone of the White House plan to combat racial inequality, have mainly helped large real estate projects while many low-income communities have yet to benefit, according to a new study. The plan, which was part of the 2017 tax cuts and have attracted over $10 billion in investments, has taken center stage
A person on a scooter rides past a JPMorgan Chase & Co. bank branch in New York, U.S., on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase will close its U.S. Chase retail branches early on Friday in observation of Juneteenth, according to an email to colleagues from CEO Jamie
Students at the Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School graduation ceremony on May 06, 2020 in Bradley, Illinois. Scott Olson The future is suddenly looking very different for new high school graduates thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, 49% of the Class of 2020 have changed their plans as a result of the crisis, according to
Rob Frohwein, CEO of Kabbage Adam Jeffery | CNBC In late March, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing mom-and-pop shops across the country to shut down indefinitely, small business lender Kabbage furloughed a “significant number” of employees and paused its lending operation, anticipating the contraction in its customer base. But CEO Rob Frohwein, who co-founded the
Gambling to overcome coronavirus losses sounds like the “advice” you’d expect from a casino owner, … [+] not from the Chairman of a federal agency charged with protecting investors. ASSOCIATED PRESS Trump SEC Chairman Jay Clayton urges 401k plan sponsors and investors to gamble on private equity funds as a means of recovering coronavirus losses.
In the last week, the Small Business Administration has released a flurry of guidance — or what passes as guidance in this situation — governing forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program loans, culminating this morning in the release of a new Form 3508 for borrowers to use in requesting said forgiveness. Piecemeal as the guidance has
Single family house on pile of money. Concept of real estate. Getty In the wake of the pandemic, mortgage interest rates have plunged to near-record lows, which has lead to an unprecedented boom in the mortgage refinance industry. However, as more and more people rush to refinance, it’s important to remember that securing a good