A licensed practical nurse who was supposed to care for a woman in a vegetative state at a long-term Arizona nursing facility was arrested after she gave birth to a baby last month, officials announced Wednesday.…
Parkinsons Inhaler: The Michael J. Fox Foundation Gets…
Joe Nocera is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering business. He has written business columns for Esquire, GQ and the New York Times, and is the former editorial director of Fortune. He is co-author of “Indentured:…
Higher Corporate Tax Revenues Globally Despite Lower Tax…
The OECD’s new database Corporate Tax Statistics provides insights into the recent history and current state of corporate income taxes (CIT) around the world. The database includes information on a variety of measures of corporate…
Spotify Mixes Up Tax Notices to D.C. and…
Digital music service Spotify surprised many of its subscribers yesterday, with those in D.C. learning they now had to pay Iowa’s sales tax on their subscription: Iowa subscribers got a similar message but reversed, informing…
How High Are State and Local Tax Collections…
Today’s state tax map shows state and local tax collections per capita in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. D.C.’s tax collections per capita ($10,841) are higher than in any state.…
Who Can I Claim As a Dependent?
The article below is accurate for your 2018 taxes, the one that you file this year by the April 2019 deadline. Under tax reform, you can no longer claim the dependent exemption, which was $4,050…
6 Reasons it Pays to File Your Taxes…
As the saying goes, “the early bird gets the worm.” Or is it the tax refund? Well, whether you file early or you are a tax procrastinator, you still may get a tax refund, but…
TurboTax Offers Free Filing for Military E1- E5
Continuing this tax season, TurboTax will still be offering the expansive military discount to all US active duty military and reservists. For service members in ranks E-1 to E-5, you can file both your federal…
A Quarter of Americans Worry They’ll Go Broke…
Americans are getting a lot of mixed messages about the economy lately. Unemployment is at 3.7 percent — a 49 year low! Additionally, total household debt is $837 billion higher than the previous peak in…