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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2013/09/18/banks-press-congress-to-renew-neighborhood-revitalization-tax-break/
Banks Press Congress To Renew Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Break
Banks Press Congress To Renew Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Break The New Markets Tax Credit helped fund the restoration and reopening of the art deco Fox Theater in... [+] Ponoma, Calif. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If there’s a cure-all for bringing down-and-out communities out of the dumps shouldn’t it be a permanent...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2013/10/09/federal-shutdown-crimps-mortgage-applicants-credit-card-seekers-and-job-hunters/
Federal Shutdown Crimps Mortgage Applicants, Credit Card Seekers and Job Hunters
Federal Shutdown Crimps Mortgage Applicants, Credit Card Seekers and Job Hunters Photo credit: stebulus It’s not just mortgage applicants who are feeling the brunt of the federal shutdown since the Internal Revenue Service isn’t processing tax transcripts that it typically churns out at two million a month.  Cred...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2013/11/01/retirement-savings-for-the-self-employed/
Retirement Savings Strategies For The Self-Employed
Retirement Savings Strategies For The Self-Employed If you’re self-employed or have self-employment income from moonlighting, fourth quarter is a crucial time to review retirement savings as there are year-end deadlines for setting up and funding certain types of accounts. “The rules are convoluted,” says Barry Milberg...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2013/12/03/supreme-court-sides-with-irs-in-tax-shelter-penalty-case/
Supreme Court Sides With IRS In Tax Shelter Penalty Case
Supreme Court Sides With IRS In Tax Shelter Penalty Case Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (Photo credit:... [+] Wikipedia) The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Internal Revenue Service and socked a taxpayer who used a 1990s tax shelter with a 40% penalty in a unanimous opinio...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2014/03/28/minnesota-flip-flops-and-repeals-gift-tax-leaving-one-state-with-hated-tax/
Minnesota Flip-Flops And Repeals Gift Tax, Leaving One State With Hated Tax
Minnesota Flip-Flops And Repeals Gift Tax, Leaving One State With Hated Tax Less than a year after Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed a new state gift tax into law, he signed a law to repeal it. The flip-flop, a boon to the well-off, was made along with cuts to the state estate tax last week as part of a larger tax ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2014/04/01/the-new-new-york-estate-tax-beware-a-164-marginal-rate/
The New New York Estate Tax Beware A 164% Marginal Rate
The New New York Estate Tax Beware A 164% Marginal Rate It’s no April Fool’s joke. New York state doubled its estate tax exemption as of today. And it’s set to rise gradually through 2019—if you hang on that long--to eventually match the generous federal exemption, projected to be $5.9 million by then. That will sure m...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2014/05/28/who-claims-social-security-at-age-62/
Who Claims Social Security At Age 62?
Who Claims Social Security At Age 62? Deciding when to start taking Social Security benefits is a financial question fraught with intricacies and pitfalls. A new Government Accountability Office report highlighting the factors that lead many Americans to claim Social Security early at age 62—and to forego higher monthl...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2014/06/18/john-abeles-big-second-act-ambitions/
Boston Scientific Cofounder John Abele Has Big Ambitions In Retirement
Boston Scientific Cofounder John Abele Has Big Ambitions In Retirement John Abele, cofounder of Boston Scientific, a pioneer developer of medical devices and a former member of The Forbes 400, leaves his front door with its dragonfly knocker unlocked. He welcomes me into the unpretentious frame house he and his wife, M...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2014/08/21/millennials-latest-college-funding-strategy/
Millennials Latest College Funding Strategy
Millennials Latest College Funding Strategy Would you rather get cash for college or a silver spoon? One of four new ads for Virginia’s 529 college savings plans debuting next month on YouTube and Facebook (and tv) is set at a baby shower. The coveted gift: a check made out to baby’s college savings account. The ads ar...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2014/09/03/is-aging-in-place-a-pipe-dream/
Is Aging In Place A Pipe Dream?
Is Aging In Place A Pipe Dream? Former secretary of HUD Henry Cisneros’ mom lived in the house she and her husband bought in 1945 until last month, two weeks after her 90th birthday, when she was hospitalized, and the doctor said it wouldn’t be responsible to let her go home because her disorientation and forgetfulness...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2015/04/14/boomers-retirement-confidence-falls-to-five-year-low/
Boomers Retirement Confidence Falls To Five Year Low
Boomers Retirement Confidence Falls To Five Year Low Baby Boomer confidence in having enough income for a secure retirement has dropped to an all-time low of 27%, down from 37% in 2011. That’s the dismal news that Cathy Weatherford, president of the Insured Retirement Institute delivered to kick off National Retirement...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2015/06/17/catch-the-company-stock-tax-break-while-you-can/
Catch The Company Stock Tax Break While You Can
Catch The Company Stock Tax Break While You Can Do you have employer stock sitting in your current 401(k)? Have you left behind an old 401(k) that holds your ex-employer's stock? Pay attention. The window could be closing on a chance to save a lot of taxes on the appreciation of those shares. Whereas most withdrawals f...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2015/06/26/tax-estate-planning-benefits-opportunities-after-supreme-courts-obergefell-gay-rights-decision/
Tax, Estate Planning, Benefits Opportunities After Supreme Court's Same-Sex Marriage Decision
Tax, Estate Planning, Benefits Opportunities After Supreme Court's Same-Sex Marriage Decision Today’s historic Supreme Court decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, affirmed a constitutional right to same-sex marriage in all 50 states, opening up tax, estate planning and employee benefits opportunities for couples in the 13 st...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2015/07/14/treasury-curtails-lump-sum-payouts/
Treasury Curtails Lump Sum Pension Payouts
Treasury Curtails Lump Sum Pension Payouts In a sudden move, the Treasury Department said it will stop allowing employers to offer certain workers the option to take out their pensions in a lump sum. Notice 2015-49, Use of Lump Sum Payments to Replace Lifetime Income Being Received By Retirees Under Defined Benefit Pen...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2015/07/15/retirement-plans-at-every-employer-is-your-state-next/
Retirement Plans At Every Employer! Is Your State Next?
Retirement Plans At Every Employer! Is Your State Next? Paid sick leave, raising the minimum wage, commuter benefits. What’s next on the list of items employers are going to have to offer their employees? Retirement benefits. Doesn’t anyone with earned income already have the ability to save for retirement in a tra...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2015/08/26/can-downsizing-save-your-retirement/
Can Downsizing Save Your Retirement?
Can Downsizing Save Your Retirement? For many Americans, their home ends up being one of their largest if not the largest single investment asset in their portfolio, but they neglect to incorporate it into their overall financial plan. That can be a big mistake. “People lament over selling their home; they don’t make v...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2015/09/09/4-steps-to-smarter-charitable-giving/
4 Steps To Smarter Charitable Giving
4 Steps To Smarter Charitable Giving Donors who give $1 million-plus a year and donors who give under $25,000 a year make the same basic mistake: not having a giving plan. Fidelity Charitable wants to help all its donors and would-be donors be better givers (and stash more in their charitable kitties aka donor-advised ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2015/09/21/rent-squeeze-to-intensify-for-retirees-and-singles-through-2025/
Rent Squeeze To Intensify For Retirees And Singles Through 2025
Rent Squeeze To Intensify For Retirees And Singles Through 2025 There’s a rule of thumb that you should ideally pay no more than 30% of your income on rent, but in fact nearly 12 million households in the United States pay more than half their income on rent. That puts them in the troubled category of being “severely c...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2015/12/23/how-to-meet-the-ira-charitable-rollover-2015-year-end-deadline/
How To Meet The IRA Charitable Rollover 2015 Year-End Deadline
How To Meet The IRA Charitable Rollover 2015 Year-End Deadline Gallery: Largest U.S. Charities For 2015 26 images View gallery The rush is on for IRA charitable rollover gifts since the big year-end tax deal made it clear they’re doable for 2015. But you can’t wait until Dec. 31. Depending on your IRA adm...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2016/02/23/what-americans-are-saving-for-its-not-retirement/
What Americans Are Saving For -- It's Not Retirement
What Americans Are Saving For -- It's Not Retirement Olivia Wood, a Millennial social media specialist for a community bank in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, is saving for a trip to Iceland. “I want to be able to travel while I’m young, so I stay ahead of the curve, and always have a little extra for spontaneous trips,”...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2016/09/08/should-preschoolers-be-taught-personal-finance/
Should Preschoolers Be Taught Personal Finance?
Should Preschoolers Be Taught Personal Finance? Did you have a toy cash register as a toddler? It just might have set you on the course to being a financially capable adult. In its just released Building Blocks report, the Consumer Financial Protection Board explores how to prepare kids for financial capability as adul...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2016/10/25/where-not-to-die-in-2017/
Where Not To Die In 2017
Where Not To Die In 2017 Altogether nine states are ushering in death tax changes for 2017, and they’re all changes that lessen the tax bite. That’s nine out of the 18 states plus the District of Columbia that impose either estate or inheritance taxes or both. What you need to know is this: How much money you can leave...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2016/11/10/voters-okay-state-income-tax-hikes-for-the-rich/
Voters Okay State Income Tax Hikes For The Rich
Voters Okay State Income Tax Hikes For The Rich Update: The Maine legislature overturned the 3% income tax surcharge, leaving the top rate at 7.15% for 2017. On Tuesday, voters in Maine and California chose to raise taxes on the rich. The California measure passed easily with 62% in favor, according to the California S...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2017/01/13/irs-opens-free-file-friday-13th/
IRS Opens Free File Friday 13th
IRS Opens Free File Friday 13th Ready to do your taxes on Friday the 13th? The Internal Revenue Service announced today that the Free File program, available at IRS.gov/FreeFile, opened today, Friday, January 13, 2017. Taxpayers with income below $64,000 in 2016—that’s more than 70% of taxpayers--can access free brand-...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2017/01/31/this-may-be-the-last-year-you-get-a-charitable-tax-deduction/
This May Be The Last Year You Get A Charitable Tax Deduction
This May Be The Last Year You Get A Charitable Tax Deduction The 100-year-old charitable tax deduction is in danger . Charities are gearing up to fight fast-track tax reform legislation in Congress that could decimate giving and cut the number of Americans who can claim the charitable tax deduction by 80% to just one o...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2017/02/21/how-to-find-your-own-retiree-tax-haven/
How To Find Your Own Retirement Tax Haven
How To Find Your Own Retirement Tax Haven Thinking of leaving a high-tax state for a low-tax state in retirement? You need to know that states differ dramatically on tax: whether to exploit millionaires, shower breaks on retirees, go after non-residents and even the dead. They even differ on whether to tax Social Secur...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2017/05/02/home-sweet-charitable-gift-a-frank-lloyd-wright-house/
Home Sweet Charitable Gift: A Frank Lloyd Wright House
Home Sweet Charitable Gift: A Frank Lloyd Wright House Destined For Charity: the Frank Lloyd Wright house, Tirranna. Robert Grudczynski Estate lawyer Peter Chadwick recalls the day Ted Stanley told him he wanted to make charitable arrangements for his stunning 7,000-square-foot, hemicycle-shaped home in New Canaan, Con...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2017/05/17/growing-pains-alan-thickes-kids-battle-his-third-wife-over-estate/?sh=1fc114c833a4
Robin Thicke Battles His Dad's Third Wife Over Estate
Robin Thicke Battles His Dad's Third Wife Over Estate The late Canadian-American actor Alan Thicke doled out measured advice as a psychiatrist dad in the sitcom Growing Pains. If only his heirs could use some handholding from “America’s Dad” now that they’re battling how to divvy up his estate. It’s just half a year si...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2017/07/10/what-to-do-if-you-inherit-an-ira/
What To Do If You Inherit An IRA
What To Do If You Inherit An IRA Americans have a staggering $7.9 trillion in Individual Retirement Accounts. If you inherit a slice of that pie, be careful: The tax laws surrounding inherited IRAs are complicated and mistakes can be costly. So, do nothing until you study up on the tax rules. Is it a traditional pre-ta...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2017/12/21/final-tax-bill-includes-huge-estate-tax-win-for-the-rich-the-22-4-million-exemption/
Final Tax Bill Includes Huge Estate Tax Win For The Rich: The $22.4 Million Exemption
Final Tax Bill Includes Huge Estate Tax Win For The Rich: The $22.4 Million Exemption President Donald Trump’s vow to kill the federal estate tax failed, but his family, and other high-net worth families, could still come out way ahead based on changes to the estate, gift and generation-skipping taxes in the final tax ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2018/09/12/three-ways-to-guarantee-your-grandkids-an-education/
Three Ways To Guarantee Your Grandkids An Education
Three Ways To Guarantee Your Grandkids An Education Photo by Debrocke/ClassicStock/Getty Images So, you’ve made a boatload of money. What do you want to do with it? Linda Beerman, head of wealth strategies at CIBC Wealth Management in Atlanta, tells her rich clients they basically have three choices: use it for their l...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2019/03/07/trump-treasury-backtracks-on-lump-sum-pension-rules-meant-to-protect-retirees/
Trump Treasury Backtracks On Lump-Sum Pension Rules Meant To Protect Retirees
Trump Treasury Backtracks On Lump-Sum Pension Rules Meant To Protect Retirees The Treasury Department told off employers back in 2015: Lump-sum pension buyouts for retirees already in payout status are a no-no. In practice, employers stopped offering them, per Notice 2015-49, despite the fact that proposed and temporar...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2020/02/12/the-future-of-insurance-fintech-50-2020/?sh=3da976b221a3
The Future Of Insurance: Fintech 50 2020
The Future Of Insurance: Fintech 50 2020 Co-founder and CEO of Insurify: Snejina Zacharia Courtesy of Insurify We made insurance its own category on this year’s Fintech 50 list. Why? It’s hot. Global funding for insurtech companies jumped from $4.4 billion (410 deals) in 2018 to $6.8 billion (476 deals) last year, acc...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2020/03/06/4-smart-tax-saving-money-moves-for-2020/
4 Smart Tax-Saving Money Moves For 2020
4 Smart Tax-Saving Money Moves For 2020 Done your taxes? Check. Here are four ways to save taxes for the rest of the year—and maybe much longer. GIVE YOUR IRA A SECOND WIND Effective January 2020, Congress made a bunch of changes to the rules governing retirement accounts. For one, if you have earned income, you can no...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2020/04/07/401k-moves-and-mistakes-amid-covid-19/
401(k) Smart Moves And Mistakes In The COVID-19 Economy
401(k) Smart Moves And Mistakes In The COVID-19 Economy In late March, when stocks had dropped 30% from their February peaks, financial advisor Peter Mallouk got a frantic call from a nervous client, a food services manager 18 months away from retirement. “He said, ‘Look, my 401(k) is my retirement. I want it in cash.’...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2020/04/10/laid-off-and-need-cash-want-a-boat-a-couple-can-take-400000-from-their-retirement-accounts-penalty-free-under-covid-19-tax-relief/
Laid Off And Need Cash? Want A Boat? A Couple Can Take $400,000 From Their Retirement Accounts Penalty-Free Under COVID-19 Tax Relief
Laid Off And Need Cash? Want A Boat? A Couple Can Take $400,000 From Their Retirement Accounts Penalty-Free Under COVID-19 Tax Relief With more than 16 million Americans having filed for unemployment relief in the past three weeks, it’s likely that many in financial need will look next to their retirement accounts for ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2020/12/11/does-your-employer-match-charitable-gifts/?sh=60eaa2a14a5d
Does Your Employer Match Charitable Gifts?
Does Your Employer Match Charitable Gifts? The Covid-19 pandemic and protests against racial injustice drove spikes in donations via corporate ... [+] virtual giving programs. getty More people are donating to charity via new workplace online giving platforms than ever, and they’re donating more than ever. It seems th...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2021/03/04/connecticut-spares-110000-covid-19-telecommuters-from-double-taxation-for-2020-but-what-about-2021/?sh=26a32ae456b7
Connecticut Spares 110,000 Covid-19 Telecommuters From Double Taxation For 2020, But What About 2021?
Connecticut Spares 110,000 Covid-19 Telecommuters From Double Taxation For 2020, But What About 2021? Connecticut passed a Covid-19-relief tax law to help commuters working from home during the ... [+] pandemic, just in time for them to file their 2020 tax returns. getty Some 110,000 Connecticut telecommuters will be ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2021/03/11/rich-retirees-get-tax-time-surprise-3-stimulus-payments/?sh=360eda6c4be9
Rich Retirees Get Tax Time Surprise: 3 Stimulus Payments
Rich Retirees Get Tax Time Surprise: 3 Stimulus Payments Retirees, newborns, and students find out they’re in line to get recovery rebate credits on their ... [+] 2020 tax returns as well as round 3 stimulus payments. getty A retired widowed engineer who typically has $120,000-plus in income got welcome news from his...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2021/03/12/free-health-insurance-100-cobra-subsidy-questions--answers/?sh=395d3be16660
Free Health Insurance! 100% COBRA Subsidy In Covid Stimulus Package: Questions & Answers
Free Health Insurance! 100% COBRA Subsidy In Covid Stimulus Package: Questions & Answers The American Rescue Act gives laid off workers a 100% premium subsidy to choose their employer ... [+] workplace health care plan for half of 2021. getty The 100% COBRA subsidy in the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Act means that m...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2021/03/15/irs-get-my-payment-tool-now-live-stimulus-checks-qa-updated/
IRS Get My Payment Tool Now Live, 100 Million Stimulus Checks In People’s Pockets In Next 10 Days
IRS Get My Payment Tool Now Live, 100 Million Stimulus Checks In People’s Pockets In Next 10 Days Looking for your stimulus money? The IRS has questions and answers. getty As promised, the Internal Revenue Service has rebooted its Get My Payment tool, so as of today, taxpayers can check the status of the $1,400 stimul...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2021/04/02/plus-up-stimulus-payments-start-arriving-in-taxpayers-bank-accounts/
Plus-Up Stimulus Payments Start Arriving In Taxpayer Bank Accounts
Plus-Up Stimulus Payments Start Arriving In Taxpayer Bank Accounts Didn't get your full $1,400 American Rescue Act stimulus payment? The IRS has started sending out ... [+] supplemental payments. getty The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it’s sent out a third batch of American Rescue Act stimulus payments,...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2021/04/09/why-tax-refunds-are-taking-longer-than-usual/?sh=74a2910c2202
Why Tax Refunds Are Taking Longer Than Usual
Why Tax Refunds Are Taking Longer Than Usual Tax refunds typically arrive within 21 days of when you file your individual tax return. One reason ... [+] it may take longer: if you made a mistake calculating your recovery rebate credit. getty Wondering where your tax refund is? In its Covid-19 operations update, the In...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleefowlkes/2020/02/27/why-you-should-not-say-preferred-gender-pronouns/?sh=5428d0cd1bd6
Why You Should Not Say ‘Preferred Gender Pronouns’
Why You Should Not Say ‘Preferred Gender Pronouns’ There was a time when people did not think to ask a person their gender pronouns. They simply assumed them. There was a time when people did not think to offer their gender pronouns. They simply endured being misgendered. Times have changed. Many people strive to be mo...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2015/05/11/the-5-4-unemployment-rate-means-nothing-for-millennials/
The 5.4% Unemployment Rate Means Nothing For Millennials
The 5.4% Unemployment Rate Means Nothing For Millennials The national unemployment rate has dropped to 5.4%, the lowest rate since 2008, but this low percentage means nothing for Millennials (born 1980-2000). By this point, we’ve all realized that we’ve been lied to: working hard and getting a solid education does not ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2015/07/16/seven-mistakes-to-avoid-when-job-hunting/
Seven Mistakes To Avoid When Job Hunting
Seven Mistakes To Avoid When Job Hunting One morning about a year ago, I was quietly sipping coffee and watching the news when the phone rang. I looked at caller ID and sighed with relief: I’d been waiting for this call. “So, how’d it go?” I asked immediately. There was a sigh on the other end of the line, “Terrible,” ...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2015/08/12/six-reasons-why-your-college-major-doesnt-matter/?sh=f28a9a235a0a
Six Reasons Why Your College Major Doesn't Matter
Six Reasons Why Your College Major Doesn't Matter Photo taken by Jeff Donnelly. “So, what’s it going to be?” My advisor looked at me expectantly, as if I was simply at a McDonald’s needing to make the simple choice between a BigMac or a Quarter Pounder. “Let’s run through the options,” she continued. “Government is a s...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2015/09/17/feeling-overwhelmed-here-are-three-ways-to-gain-perspective/
Feeling Overwhelmed? Here Are Three Ways To Gain Perspective
Feeling Overwhelmed? Here Are Three Ways To Gain Perspective Gallery: 9 Tips For Creating A Stress-Free Work Environment 10 images View gallery Have you ever found yourself working so hard toward a goal that you stop feeling connected to the purpose of it in the first place? Whether it's a personal object...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2015/09/23/should-you-hire-a-life-coach/
Should You Hire A Life Coach?
Should You Hire A Life Coach? Photo by Justin Sullivan/ Getty Images When was the last time someone hit you with a $15,000 price tag? Perhaps it was at the car dealership, or you were engaged in a transaction involving around-the-world airfare on the most luxurious plane in the world. The last time I heard those words,...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2016/05/11/how-self-worth-affects-your-salary/?utm_campaign=Forbes&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_channel=Leadership&linkId=24411146
How Self-Worth Affects Your Salary
How Self-Worth Affects Your Salary I once had a client, Shanelle, who asked her employer for a demotion and a salary cut. Yes, you read that correctly. Shanelle, suffering from extremely low self-worth, was intimidated by the responsibilities of her role and felt incapable, despite regular encouragement from her employ...
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