Democrats may rein in big estates without reforming the estate tax
Democrats may restrict certain trusts and other popular techniques used by the wealthy to help raise money for their $3.5 trillion budget framework.
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Unemployment benefits delayed? You can collect past the Labor Day cutoff
Americans who applied for federal benefits weeks or months ago can still get them past the Labor Day expiration date.
Top 1% dodge $163 billion in annual taxes, Treasury estimates
The top 1% of Americans may be avoiding as much as $163 billion in annual taxes, according to a report from the U.S. Department of the...
Overconfidence may be getting in the way of your investing performance. Here's how to correct that
You're more likely to remember your investing wins than your losses. Here's how to make sure those blind spots don't lead you astray.
FCA Chair Charles Randall Discusses Crypto, Stablecoins and Digital Asset Regulation
Crowdfund Insider JD Alois Sep 6, 2021 In a speech delivered at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, FCA and PSR Chair Charles Randall discussed...
Coinbase Threat Shows SEC Means Business
Yahoo Finance Ben Bain and Matt Robinson Sep 5, 2021 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler just put the cryptocurrency industry on...
Decentralized Finance—Risks, Regulation, and the Road Ahead
JDSupra King Spalding Sep 1, 2021 Even those who are most suspicious of the rise of cryptocurrency will likely admit that the underlying blockchain technology and...
How to Revolutionize the Private Capital Markets
Crowdfund Insider Kelsey Chase Sep 8, 2021 In 2010, venture capital investors poured $21.8 billion into startups. Fast forward a decade to 2020 when well over...
Expanding the child tax credit would reduce child poverty to less than 10% in most states, study finds
Continuing the expanded credit beyond 2021 would slash child poverty to 8.4% from 14.2%, a roughly 40% fall, according to a study from the Urban Institute.
Here's how long workers wait for a company's 401(k) matches to become their money
Even though most employers provide some sort of matching contribution to their workers' 401(k)s, fewer than a third award immediate ownership of the money.
Stimulus payments triggered millions of IRS ‘math error’ notices. The same may be looming for child tax credit recipients
Millions have received “math error” notices from the IRS, which can be difficult for filers to resolve. The same may occur for child tax credit recipients.
Op-ed: The tax gap is a real problem but so, too, is the 'reverse tax gap'
Many people repeatedly overpay their taxes. While reducing the tax gap seems a laudable goal, reducing this reverse tax gap should also be prioritized.
Fintech start-up Varo Bank triples valuation to $2.5 billion after gaining bank charter
Varo is the latest digital bank to garner a multi-billion dollar valuation and millions of new customers who are dissatisfied with traditional institutions.
Don't let fear and anxiety ruin your financial life. These strategies can help you stay on track
These strategies can help you deal with financial anxiety.
Mastercard makes a big bet on crypto, buying blockchain analytics start-up CipherTrace
Mastercard has agreed to acquire blockchain analytics start-up CipherTrace, in the latest sign of how major companies are warming to cryptocurrencies.