The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty Images The IRS says it is no longer deploying $1,400 stimulus checks and plus-up payments that were due to qualifying Americans in 2021. However, there may still be people eligible for those checks, or additional funds, once they file their returns this tax season. A Treasury Department report
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Fatcamera | E+ | Getty Images Sometimes, new retirees who sign up for Medicare may find themselves paying extra monthly charges for premiums. Yet for those whose income drops at retirement, it may be possible to change that. Roughly 7% of Medicare’s 63.3 million beneficiaries with income above a set threshold pay “income-related monthly adjustment
Lightspeedshutter | Istock | Getty Images There are a number of reasons to believe that the Biden administration will extend the payment pause for student loan borrowers beyond the current expiration date in May. The White House has already hinted it might do so, and student loan servicers have been told to hold off on
In this article INTU Kimberly White | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images The Federal Trade Commission sued Intuit in federal court on Monday, claiming it has deceived customers for years by marketing its TurboTax software as free and then charging most users when they file their income taxes. Around 56 million people filed their
Oliver Rossi | Stone | Getty Images When it comes to money, couples face a big question: Combine finances, keep them separate or do a combination of both? Now, research finds that those who do pool their money are more likely to stay together. The study, titled “Pooling finances and relationship satisfaction,” found that whether
US President Joe Biden delivers a speech at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland on March 26, 2022. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Nowhere in President Joe Biden’s more than 100-page budget for 2023 is any mention of student loan forgiveness or the payment pause for borrowers, continuing the uncertainty millions of Americans
Manusapon Kasosod | Moment | Getty Images Investors for the last two years poured money into environmental, social and corporate governance investment strategies. In 2020, net new assets into ESG funds jumped to $51.1 billion — more than double the year before. And last year, these funds attracted nearly $70 billion in new assets, according
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the Royal Castle, amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland, March 26, 2022. Aleksandra Szmigiel | Reuters President Joe Biden’s proposed budget for 2023 aims to give the Social Security Administration more funding to improve services. Some groups say the increase doesn’t go far enough.
Tetra Images | Tetra images | Getty Images The tax deadline is fast approaching, and there are still a few ways to trim your bill — including a contribution to your traditional individual retirement account. You have until this April 18, the tax filing deadline for most Americans, to make IRA deposits for 2021. But
Stanford University is considered the ultimate dream school, according to a survey of students and their families. It’s also one of the hardest to get into and among the nation’s most expensive institutions — tuition and fees, room and board and other student expenses came to more than $73,000 last year. And therein lies the problem
Drakula & Co. | Moment | Getty Images The IRS is backlogged and still sifting through tens of millions of pending returns, including many of last year’s filings. If your 2020 return is part of the pileup, there’s a special step for your 2021 electronic filing. The agency processed more than 61.9 million returns as
John King. Katherine Frey | The Washington Post | Getty Images It was only after John King left office as education secretary under then-President Barack Obama that he finished off paying his own student loans. “I have spent a lot of my adult life paying it down,” said King, who studied government at Harvard and