Today’s column addresses questions about the rate of reduction for filing less than 12 months before full retirement age (FRA), eligibility for benefits based on an ex’s record and how and when delayed retirement credits (DRCs) are applied when filing after FRA. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder
Taxes
When you set up an account to “transfer on death,” the assets will go directly to beneficiaries upon the owner’s death. While these assignments can help avoid probate, this account titling should still be carefully coordinated with the owner’s overall estate plan, especially for larger accounts and estates. While simply titling an account “Transfer on
It’s already too late to opt out of the first payment of the Advance Child Tax Credit (CTC). Taxpayers still wishing to unenroll need to do so at least three days before the first Thursday of the following month. For example, to unenroll for the August 13 payment a taxpayer must complete the unenrollment process
Amid a storm of global volatility, the past 18 months have created unprecedented challenges for multinationals. The economic and social disruption that began in the spring of 2020 has taken a traditionally difficult job of corporate forecasting and impairment and added dozens of new variables. And now, with the world about to take its first
A growing number of states are using a workaround to help their taxpayers avoid a Trump-era cap on a critical income tax break. Whether it will influence the ongoing push in Congress to repeal the cap altogether remains to be seen. Colorado recently became the 14th state to enact the new workaround, which allows (or