Whether your income went north or south—or even stayed the same—the rate at which your income is taxed could have changed when income ranges for the 7 federal tax brackets were adjusted for tax year 2024. Across the board, the brackets increased by 5.4% from 2023 because of inflation. ...
[00:00:23.84] LISA GREENE-LEWIS: Well, one thing to pay attention to is year over year, there are reasons why people might see a lower refund. And that's if you owed a state tax debt, the Treasury may do an offset of your federal taxes. What people are seeing this year ...
Having filed my return and received my refund, I think it's safe to say I'm dragging the average down. My federal refund this year was just $18. Don't worry, I did it on purpose. In fact, every year, I try to get my refund as close to $0 as possible. One yea...
Every healthcare entity accepting federal dollars (nearly all of them, in Obamacare’s world) risks losing contracts with Medicare and Medicaid if they continue to provide pediatric gender transitions. This executive order does not abolish pediatric gender medicine. Boutique practices that do not rely...
Every year, many taxpayers wait until the last minute to file their federal income tax returns. Despite this tendency, there are many reasons to file your taxes early. If you will receive a refund, you may want to submit your return as quickly as possibl
She stated: “The Federal [Partial-Birth] Abortion Ban is a law, and laws are up to interpretation. So there are some people who interpret it as it’s intent. So if I say on Day 1 I do not intend to do this, what ultimately happens doesn’t matter.” [7] What happens during a...
Across the federal government, employees like me have tried for months to influence policy, both internally and, when that failed, publicly. My colleagues and I watched in horror as this administration delivered thousands of precision-guided munitions, bombs, small arms and other lethal aid to Isr...
Most observers nowseem convincedthat the Federal Reserve will shortly implement QE2, a second round of quantitative easing. It’s worth taking a look at what QE2 is and is not expected to accomplish. The ability of the Federal Reserve to influence what happens in the economy is fundamentally ...
In any case, even assuming that the differing standards used to evaluate punch-card ballots constitute grounds for federal intervention, there was a clear and fair solution, as suggested by Justice Souter in his dissent: Impose a statewide standard, to be overseen by a judge, and see if the...
China has problems with developers of condominium homes for its citizen. Many of these homes cannot be delivered to purchasers as promised. As a protest,buyers are withholding paymentson their unfinished homes. To make matters worse, the prices of condominium homes have started to ...