What Every Taxpayer Needs to Know This Season
Monthly Archives: April 2022
What Every Taxpayer Needs to Know This Season
The IRS is currently suffering a severe backlog in processing returns from 2021 for the 2020 tax year. As of Dec. 31, there were still more than 6 million unprocessed individual returns with notices and pending refunds. There are a … Continue reading
Considerations When Selling a Business
According to the U.S. Small Business Administration and Project Equality, 60 percent of business owners plan to cash out of the business in the next 10 years. For the baby boomer generation, it’s especially important as they contemplate retirement, with … Continue reading
How Will Oil Prices and Consumer Spending Impact Markets?
According to the March 2022 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the forecast is for high energy prices in 2022. The report found that Brent crude oil, used as a benchmark ex-U.S., is expected to … Continue reading
Give a College Savings 529 Plan For Graduation
If you really want to make impact in your new grad’s life, make an investment in his or her future with a 529 College Savings account. There are two versions: an investment account and a prepaid account. Assuming you are … Continue reading
The 50/30/20 Budgeting Rule Explained
You may or may not have heard of the 50/30/20 budgeting rule, but it’s a good one – one that will help make organizing your finances a lot simpler. The basic idea is to divide up your after-tax income and … Continue reading
The Rise in Ransomware Attacks and How to Keep Safe
Cybersecurity experts estimate that there is a ransomware attack every 11 seconds. This makes it a challenge to individuals, businesses and even governments. In ransomware attacks, cybercriminals encrypt a victim’s network or data, making it inaccessible until a ransom is … Continue reading
Banning Masks, Banning Russian Oil, Making Lynching a Federal Hate Crime and Saving Sunshine
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (HR 2471) – This legislation will fund the federal government through September 2022, but also includes a plethora of other bills folded within for the purpose of quick passage by both the House and Senate. Among … Continue reading
