In 1924, the seminal macro -economist, John Maynard Keynes, called the gold standard (and by proxy gold) “a barbarous relic”. Why then, 95 years later, can’t I go 30 minutes without a bullish view on gold or a “buy gold now” commercial on business TV? Because for 3,000 years gold has been the ultimate currency,
Taxes
Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column takes up suspending at full retirement age after filing early, when it’s possible to reinstate a retirement benefit after suspending it, fishy claims about eligibility to tens of thousands of
Social Security may be one of your largest assets. What and when you collect will make a huge difference to your lifetime benefits. Today’s column discusses whether early retirement benefits will reduce widow(er)’s benefits taken later, potential benefits for younger single parents, effects of earnings $1,000,000, effects of suspending a retirement benefit and income with
Getty Where do I pay taxes? I get that question a lot. Sometimes it comes from a person from another country who is present in the United States (U.S.) on a work or student visa. Sometimes it’s directed from a U.S. citizen living and working in a foreign country. Other times, it’s from a long-term
The massive tax law passed by Congress and President Trump at the end of 2017 radically reshaped traditional tax planning in ways that are still emerging. A prime example is choice of entity for small and not-so-small businesses. There are still the usual suspects, corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies (LLCs), but many tax incentives have changed. A few