The Garden State is one of eight to received an “F” for finances in new report. TRENTON, NJ, UNITED STATES – 2019/01/15: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy delivering the 2019 New … [+] Jersey State of the State address in the Assembly Chambers at the New Jersey State House in Trenton. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA

Topline At least 8.7 million or more Americans could be at risk of losing out on $1,200 coronavirus stimulus checks due to incomplete IRS and Treasury Department records, according to a Monday report from Congress’ auditing arm, which examined the unprecedented $2.6 trillion lawmakers passed in emergency support as the coronavirus pandemic took hold. Non-tax

Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts and 2020 presidential candidate, walks on … [+] stage during a campaign event at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, U.S., on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Warren unveiled an $800 billion plan to fund her progressive proposal for reshaping U.S. public education and disclosed that her signature wealth

getty While the price of gold rose to new highs during the summer, you probably saw a number of ads recommending investing in gold through an IRA. You’re probably also aware that gold is a “collectible,” and that IRAs aren’t allowed to own collectibles. Both those thoughts are correct. Gold is a collectible, but there

Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about what happens to benefits lost to the earnings test, filing for spousal benefits before full retirement age, available benefits with multiple exes and survivor benefits and the earnings test. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic

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Phil Murphy, governor of New Jersey, in 2019 when he again proposed a millionaire’s tax. The … [+] proposal ultimately succeeded this week. Photographer: Ron Antonelli/Bloomberg © 2019 Bloomberg Finance LP New Jersey has approved a millionaire’s tax, making it the fourth state (including Washington, D.C.) to do so. The agreement reached Thursday between Gov.

Years ago, when entertainer Jimmy Durante ended an appearance — whether live or on television — he would always sign off with his trademark catchphrase, “Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.”  It was a tribute to his first wife who died in 1943, which he would continue until his retirement nearly 30 years later.

getty Gold is a hot investment again. There are a lot of ways to invest in gold, and there are different tax consequences for each of these methods. Gold investors aren’t going to have equal after-tax returns, and part of the reason is the differing tax treatments of the ways to invest in gold. Consider

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Watch Tax Notes International contributing editors Robert Goulder and Nana Ama Sarfo discuss the tax development of OECD, how it compares to that of the U.N., and the OECD’s past and present international tax reform efforts. Here are a few highlights . . . On the history of the League of Nations and the United Nations Nana

Representative Josh Gottheimer, a Democrat from New Jersey and co-chair of the House Problem Solvers … [+] Caucus, center, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. A 50-member group of House Democrats and Republicans released a $1.52 trillion coronavirus stimulus plan today in a

KATWIJK, NETHERLANDS – JULY 7: In this photo illustration, visual representations of the digital … [+] Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, gold chain necklace and silver coins are displayed atop Euro banknotes on July 7, 2020 in Katwijk, Netherlands. (Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images) Getty Images How much you paid for your cryptocurrency (the cost basis) has a

Using your 401(k) as an emergency savings account is risky. getty Congress loosened the rules for taking money out of retirement accounts for those adversely affected by Covid-19, but even though the pandemic is still raging, there’s a deadline coming up for taking enhanced loans: It’s September 22. The deadline for taking 401(k) or IRA

Most public companies that got PPP loans kept the funds, but the majority of them were modest: under … [+] $1 million getty Public companies were criticized for getting loans via the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was ostensibly created to help small businesses weather the economic impacts of the pandemic. Since public companies raise

Getty Did you file for an extension for your 2019 federal income tax return? If so, you have about a month remaining to file: the deadline to file your federal income tax return on extension is on or before the October 15, 2020. October 15 is the same deadline to file a federal income tax

The logo of Wolters Kluwer is seen on a screen next to an illustration of the stock market. It is … [+] part of the Amsterdam Exchange Index ( AEX 25 ). (Photo by Alexander Pohl/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images We must begin with a qualification. A career spent doing tax work

Topline President Trump’s controversial nominee for the Federal Reserve board, Judy Shelton, does not currently have enough votes in the U.S. Senate to win confirmation, according to comments from Senator John Thune (R-SD) that were first reported by Bloomberg. Republicans are still hoping to garner the votes needed to confirm Shelton’s nomination to the …

getty Last year, the Internal Revenue Service introduced a draft version of a form that we haven’t seen since 1982: Form 1099-NEC, Nonemployee Compensation. Form 1099-NEC is intended to replace the nonemployee compensation part of a form many of us have come to know and love: Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income. Form 1099-MISC is sticking around

Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about potential effects of Social Security’s earnings test on spousal benefits, whether benefits lost to the earnings test are repaid and getting retirement benefits after survivor benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc,