Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about the maximum Social Security benefit an individual can receive, taking benefits early in order to invest them privately and overpayment of spousal benefits after filing and suspending. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See
Taxes
This is not about what I see as the most underreported tax story of 2021 – people who can save thousands from filing separate returns and avoiding credit phaseouts. You can read about that here. This is for the people who year in year out are pressured into signing joint tax returns without really understanding
Rohit Kumar of PwC discusses the Biden administration’s fiscal 2023 budget, explaining the new proposals and how the budget is different than the Build Back Better Act. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. David D. Stewart: Welcome to the podcast. I’m David Stewart, editor in chief of Tax Notes Today International. This
President Biden’s Test to Treat plan will allow people to test for COVID at a pharmacy and if positive, get effective new drugs. But it’s currently dysfunctional. Biden needs to kick ass and make sure Test to Treat is operational and known to everyone particularly pharmacists throughout the country. We now have wonderful new drugs
Reg. section 1.904-4(a)-(q) governs the separate application of the section 904 foreign tax credit limitation to categories of income. Published January 2, T.D. 9959 added guidance to the rules in reg. section 1.904-4(f) that govern the FTC limitation for the foreign branch income category. Section 901 allows a credit for taxes paid to foreign countries.