Stories Tagged as
Taxes
It's time to get your financial life in order
Apr 20, 2018
Tax season may be over, but that doesn’t mean you should stop thinking about your finances. That’s one conclusion from John Schwartz of the New York Times, who decided that after many decades of keeping his nose to the grind and ignoring his letters from Vanguard, he should take a step back and look at […]
New Detroit program uses bridge construction benefit to repopulate tax-foreclosed homes
Apr 19, 2018
The city hopes to relocate 240 families.
IMF bumps up U.S. growth projections for 2018
by
Kai Ryssdal
Apr 17, 2018
The International Monetary Fund raised its growth target for the American economy today to 2.9 percent. That’s very close to the three percent forecast the Trump administration promised. In a conversation about President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and the overall state of the economy on Fox News this morning, Trump’s top economic adviser Larry Kudlow said we […]
The gig economy: It's not just for rides or rooms. It's also for taxes.
by
Stephanie Hughes
and Molly Wood
Apr 17, 2018
A look at the on-demand workforce for accountants.
Small business owners not totally clear on new tax law details
Apr 16, 2018
For now, they’re counting on customers to keep buying, according to a survey from the National Small Business Association. Click on the audio player above to hear the full story.
Out with the old tax season, in with the new
Apr 13, 2018
Accountants are already fielding questions about the new tax law, even as they wrap up the 2017 season.
The ISIS regime you've never seen
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sean McHenry
Apr 13, 2018
New York Times correspondent Rukmini Callimachi dug into 15,000 ISIS documents that provide a look at the group's administrative structure.
For public good, not for profit.
New York finds a work-around to new tax law and other states may follow
Apr 11, 2018
The state income tax isn't deductible, so New York is turning it into something that is.
For people who qualify, free tax prep assistance is available
by
Renata Sago
Apr 9, 2018
As tax day approaches, many Americans are rushing to tax preparers for paid help. The National Society of Accountants found in a survey last year that Americans paid tax preparers $176 on average to file federal and state returns. That’s without itemized deductions. But what programs are available for people with low incomes so that […]
We've hit the "quid pro quo stage" of this brewing trade war
by
Kai Ryssdal
Apr 6, 2018
Let's get to this week's tax and tariff talk.