While housing economists and homebuyers have been waiting for mortgage rates to fall, those hopes suffered a setback last week, when the Labor Department said inflation is back up to 3 percent. Stubbornly high inflation means that rates are likely to stay higher for longer. The Federal Reserve ...
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Federal Estate, GST And Gift Tax Law: Current Status And Possible Retroactive Legislation.Bagliebter, William
Some examples of accrued expenses include: Supplies purchased from a vendor for which the company hasn't yet received an invoice to pay it Interest payments on loans that are due in the near term Warranty on a service or product that has yet to be fully paid Real estate and property taxes...
Between that time and July 2023, the Fed aggressively raised thefederal funds rateto fight decades-high inflation. While the fed funds rate can influence mortgage rates, it doesn't directly do so. In fact, the fed funds rate and mortgage rates can move in opposite directions. ...
After bottoming at around 5.5 percent around the Federal Reserve's first rate cut in September 2024, 15-year mortgage rates have been climbing again in 2025. While it's unclear how many cuts the Fed might issue this year, for now,most experts expect rates to settlewhile remaining elevated ...
This update surveys recent federal tax developments involving individuals, including court cases, rulings, and guidance issued during the 12 months ending October 2022.
For federal estate and gift taxes purposes, a portability election allows a decedent’s unused exclusion amount (known as thedeceased spousal unused exclusion (DSUE) amount) to be applied to the surviving spouse’s subsequent transfers during life or at death. The IRS recently issuedRevenue Proced...
Such a scenario runs almost parallel to when The New York Times reported in October that because he declared a $916 million loss on his 1995 tax returns, Trump most likely avoided paying federal income taxes (legally) for up to 18 years. Finally, although President-elect Trump hasn’t taken...
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are monetary projects of digital public money at different stages of development, whose issuance corresponds to central banks. It is a digital representation of money with fiat currency’s legal nature. Still, like