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U.S. home buyers face a tough real-estate market, with the 30-year mortgage near 8%. Exactly how tough is it to buy a house these days? MarketWatch worked…

I just received two emails, which I copy below without identifying their authors. Both authors are keeping careful track, over time, of their projected Social Security…

There’s been a lot of talk lately about the financial status of Social Security and the likelihood of future reductions in scheduled benefits. While concern about…

“ Making a distinction between tax avoidance (which is legal) and tax evasion (illegal). ” In September, the IRS announced that it intends to shift its…

Robert Goulder of Tax Notes and Sharon Katz-Pearlman of Greenberg Traurig discuss the ongoing friction between the United Nations and the OECD over the U.N.’s push…

The IRS says its tougher tax enforcement is already paying off and that the agency is making more high-end tax cheats pay up. A month after…

The IRS recently made an important announcement on October 19, 2023 regarding the withdrawal process for Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims. This announcement has left many…

In my day, applying to college meant thumbing through a big paperback encyclopedia of college listings and then pulling out the typewriter and filling in applications.…

Last month, IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel announced a series of taxpayer initiatives described as a “top to bottom review of enforcement work” at the IRS, thanks…

Hundreds of thousands of borrowers have received email notifications in the past several months, indicating they have been approved for student loan forgiveness under the IDR…