NEW YORK—The deadline to file your taxes is Tuesday, which is just around the corner. Filing U.S. tax returns—especially for the first time—can seem like a daunting task, but there are steps you can take to make it less stressful. Whether you do your taxes yourself, go to a tax clinic or hire a professional,…
Conservative Shareholders Charge Discrimination at PayPal
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sided with conservative investors this week in their request to investigate what they say is PayPal’s systematic political and religious discrimination against customers. Over the objections of PayPal’s management, the SEC allowed a proposal by the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) to go to a shareholder vote…
Shareholders Charge Political Bias at PayPal
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sided with conservative investors this week in their request to investigate what they say is PayPal’s systematic political and religious discrimination against customers. Over the objections of PayPal’s management, the SEC allowed a proposal by the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) to go to a shareholder vote…
SEC Sides With Conservative Investors Charging Discrimination at PayPal
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sided with conservative investors this week in their request to investigate what they say is PayPal’s systematic political and religious discrimination against customers. Over the objections of PayPal’s management, the SEC allowed a proposal by the National Center for Public Policy Research (NCPPR) to go to a shareholder vote…
Small Efforts Repeated Equal Big Savings
Next to the rent or mortgage payment, food is likely your biggest household expense. And have you noticed food prices steadily creeping into the stratosphere? A little here, some more there doesn’t seem too bad until you get through the checkout. Wow, $100 doesn’t go so far these days! But you can make it go…
Taxing Your Retirement Income
You’ve developed a retirement plan. And in developing this plan, you’ve determined what income you’ll need to meet expenses. But have you accounted for taxes? During your working years, your employer withdrew the taxes from your check. But now, since your money may come from various sources, you’ll need to make sure those taxes are…
IRS Says Time Running Out to Claim $1.5 Billion in Unclaimed Refunds for Tax Year 2019
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced Wednesday that over a million Americans have unclaimed tax refunds for the tax year 2019 and face a looming deadline to claim a total of $1.5 billion before it becomes government property. The IRS said in a press release that that nearly 1.5 million people across the United States…
Closing Prices for Crude Oil, Gold and Other Commodities (Apr.12)
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for May delivery rose $1.73 to $83.26 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for June delivery rose $1.72 to $87.33 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for May delivery was unchanged at $2.87 a gallon. May heating oil rose 3 cents to $2.70 a gallon. May natural gas fell 10 cents to $2.09 per…
Banks Spend Billions on Climate, Racial Equity
In this year’s annual reports to shareholders, America’s largest banks proclaimed their allegiance to climate activism, racial equity, and other progressive causes, spending billions in shareholders’ money to support this agenda. Similar in vein to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s annual letter, which often pushed other CEOs to get in line with initiatives like renewable energy,…
How to File a Free Federal Tax Extension
Most people should have their individual tax forms and payments sent to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on April 18 of this year. There is not much time left for tax preparation, but filing a tax extension could buy you more to get your paperwork together. You can file Form 4868 for free to get…
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