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45% Americans Could Run Out Of Money In Retirement Despite Financial Planning: 4 Mistakes To Avoid
Americans who have saved their entire lives in retirement plans face the risk of going broke in their golden years because many deplete their funds severely through premature withdrawals and lack proper tax planning for post-retirement income.
Social Security Checks In Nine States To Drop By Up To $200 Starting September Due To Tax Hike
The new tax will be adjusted when Social Security recipients in these states file their federal income tax returns. However, some states are working to extend exemptions to qualifying seniors.
Newly Married 73-Year-Old Feels Slighted As Husband Plans To Leave $1.8M Home To 10-Year-Old Relative
A 73-year-old US woman moved to Europe to live with his husband she married three years ago. She wonders if it's normal to give away the house they share to a distant relative while she pays the bills and supports their lifestyle.
'My Millionaire Husband Forced Me To Take Social Security At 62': Boomer Considers Divorce After Husband Refuses To Give Her Money
The Texas resident wonders if a divorce would offer her rights to the husband's inheritance and their five rental properties and incomes.
Vanguard Says People Under 55 Are Making This $130K Mistake When Rolling Money Over From Their 401(k) To IRA
Most investors rolling over their 401(k) funds into an IRA are unaware that the money sits as idle cash until actively invested in stocks and bonds.
Mother Cuts 75-year-old Son's Inheritance By $20k Over Decades-old Unpaid Debt Before Passing Away
The man lives in an assisted living facility and claims to have repaid $5,000 to his mom. He is now exploring ways to receive the entire inheritance payout, even if that means amending his mother's old tax returns.
401(k) Millionaires In The US Reach All-time High in Q2: Here Are 4 Strategies They Use
More 401(k) participants contribute early and consistently for years while fully leveraging employer-matching contributions and major tax breaks.
Grant Cardone Says 'If You Have A Million Dollars, You're Broke... You Need $10M In 2024 To Be Rich'
Equity fund manager and investor Grant Cardone explained that a million dollars would make you rich in 1960, not today, as the value of the greenback has dropped steeply over the decades.
The Top 1% Save Over $150 Billion in Taxes Annually: 5 Tax-Saving Strategies They Use
Millionaires often leverage provisions like backdoor Roth IRAs, 1031 exchanges, and business asset depreciation to reduce tax liabilities and preserve capital.
Woman Gets $475K Out Of $800K Game Show Prize After Taxes; Dave Ramsey Slams 'Thieving Government'
Soon after winning, Tyler faced challenges like state and federal taxes, entitled cousins wanting their fair share, and whether she should buy a new house.
Harnessing Tax Compliance To Drive Business Growth
Christiaan Van Der Valk, Vice President for Strategy at Sovos, discusses how governments mandate real-time digital tax reporting and how this presents businesses with opportunities to streamline operations and leverage data-driven insights.
Analysis Reveals Potential £15 billion Annual Loss if Inheritance Tax is Scrapped by 2032
While London has the highest number of estates subject to the tax, regions such as Sussex, the Cotswolds, and areas around Birmingham are expected to have the highest number of taxable estates per 100,000 residences.
Around 50% of UK retail investors lack knowledge about ETFs and IFISAs
A recent study shows that numerous UK investors are unaware of tax-efficient investment options such as ETFs, IFISAs and other products beyond traditional ISAs.
UK to cut tariff on imports from developing countries starting next year
With the recently launched Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS), the UK will extend tariff cuts to hundreds of more products from 65 developing countries.
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle ditch Canada for LA to avoid taxes in two countries?
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have hired Bill and Melinda Gates' top staffer as their charity head.
'Industrial-level tax avoidance:' BBC accused
BBC presenters want the organisation to help pay their tax bills after a years-long investigation.
UK accused of protecting tax dodging practices of its overseas territories
Molly Scott Cato MEP, the Green spokesperson on tax justice in the European Parliament, refers to documents leaked to the Green group in Brussels.
How to think about taxes and cryptocurrency
In early 2014, the IRS released tax guidelines on cryptocurrencies and clearly spelled out that they are to be treated as property and not currencies.
What do the new SEIS/EIS guidelines mean for crowdfunders?
John Auckland of TribeFirst, says HMRC's stricter guidelines may cause campaigners to stumble before they even get out of the blocks.
IRS scam: Cybercrooks target taxpayers with fake refunds, debt collection threats in new brazen scheme
Authorities said thousands have already fallen victim to the scheme described as a "new twist on an old scam".
Emission cheats, tax leaks and number fibs: A look back at 2017's financial fiascos
Legal practitioner and IBTimes UK columnist Martin Kenney writes 2017 has been another mega year for financial scandals.
Guernsey Finance boss calls Paradise Papers leak an 'illegal hack' peddling tax transparency untruths
Dominic Wheatley says sensationalist reporting is deliberately designed to undermine legitimate business acts of offshore centres.
Paradise Papers: UK government can no longer shelter tax havens for global elite
Molly Scott Cato, Green MEP for South West England and Gibraltar, has sat on three consecutive inquiry committees into tax avoidance as a member of the European Parliament.
'Paradise Papers' tax practices becoming thing of the past, says OECD boss
Angel Gurria tells CBI conference recently sensationalised tax practices were being clamped down on and no longer the norm.
Three quarters of Fortune 500 companies used offshore tax havens in 2016
New research finds $2.6trn in offshore profits, $752bn in unpaid US federal taxes.
Decoding the UK's Cultural Gifts Scheme and its potential tax advantages
Making a gift of a cultural object to the nation in return for a tax deduction against income, capital gains or corporation tax liabilities is worth considering.
HMRC chief warns Brexit merger of UK border and tax operation is a 'mega project'
HMRC says the country will have to tackle 130,000 new EU companies that have not previously come into contact with British customs.
'Liar in chief': Twitter fiercely refutes Trump claim that US is 'highest taxed nation in the world'
'Wrong again, Donald,' British author Emma Kennedy tweeted.
Want to pay some tax on your cryptocurrency gains – anyone?
Lykke partners with CryptoTax to provide customers with country-specific tax reports.
FTSE 250 gold miner clobbered with $190bn tax bill
Acacia Mining protests 'unexplainable' tax bill from Tanzania.