Showing posts with label Taxes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Taxes. Show all posts

Monday, May 8, 2023

Why is my federal tax return smaller than last year?

Why is my tax return smaller than last year?

Snippet of Article: "The more than 100 million taxpayers who have had their returns processed as of April 7 got refunds that were an average of 9.3% less than last year. ...The average refund is $2,878, down from $3,175, a difference of nearly $300, according to the most recent IRS data available. ...Zhou has worked since she was a teenager, and has already filed her taxes this year. Her refund? $1. Last year and the previous year she received “upwards of several hundred dollars,” she said. ..."

Source: www.kare11.com

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Can I Receive Supplemental Security Income if I'm Not a US Citizen?

Can I Receive Supplemental Security Income if I'm Not a US Citizen?

Snippet of Article: "Nonresidents may qualify for benefits. Find out how. ...If you are a nonresident seeking financial assistance in the US, consider applying for Supplemental Security Income. You may be eligible, depending on how long you have lived in the country, your immigration status, salary and other factors. ..."

Source: www.cnet.com

Sunday, October 30, 2022

IRS Free File: Do your Taxes for Free

IRS Free File: Do your Taxes for Free

Snippet of Article: "...Welcome to IRS Free File, where you can electronically prepare and file your federal individual income tax return for free using tax preparation and filing software. Let IRS Free File do the hard work for you. IRS Free File lets you prepare and file your federal income tax online using guided tax preparation, at an IRS partner site or Free File Fillable Forms. It's safe, easy and no cost to you for a federal return. To receive a free federal tax return, you must..."

Source: www.irs.gov

Federal Taxes (2022), IRS Free File,Taxes,

Thursday, September 10, 2020

The Battle Over Federal Employees’ Payroll Taxes

The Battle Over Federal Employees’ Payroll Taxes

Snippet of Article: "...Federal employees who make less than $104,000 annually will see bigger paychecks starting this month and lasting through the end of the year. The 6.2% payroll tax will be deferred from eligible federal employees’ paychecks until the end of the year..."

Source: www.fedsmith.com

Social Security Payroll Tax, Payroll Taxes, Taxes,

Saturday, March 28, 2020

The check from yourself (taxpayers) will soon be in the mail

The check from taxpayers will soon be in the mail for more than 120 million people

Snippet of Article: "...Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin has said checks of up to $1,200 per person and $500 per child will go out within three weeks of President Trump signing the legislation..."

Source: www.gopusa.com

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Corporate Welfare is Destroying the Working Class Taxpayer

Welfare for the Well-Off: How Business Subsidies Fleece Taxpayers

Snippet of Article: "...Some of the most subsidized recipients of public assistance are not welfare queens housed in public tenement apartments. They are not even poor or ailing at all. Far from it. America's most costly welfare recipients today are Fortune 500 companies. In 1997 the Fortune 500 corporations recorded best-ever earnings of $325 billion, yet incredibly Uncle Sam doled out nearly $100 billion in taxpayer subsidies. These welfare payments come in every conceivable shape and size: government grants, sweetheart business deals arranged by the Commerce Department, cut-rate insurance, low-interest loans, a protective wall against foreign competition, exclusive government contracts, and a mind-boggling maze of special interest loopholes in the tax code. Table 1 lists the 1997 appropriations for fifty-five of the most unjustified federal business subsidy spending programs as compiled by the Cato Institute. Their combined price tag came to $38 billion in 1997..."

Source: www.hoover.org

corporate tax rate, Corporate Welfare, Destruction of America's working class, business subsidy spending programs,

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

It ought to be a crime when crowds riot in malls

Article Title: It ought to be a crime when crowds riot in malls

Snippet of Article: "...It ought to be a crime when large crowds riot in malls. It is as great a crime that riots can take place in a mall putting shoppers at risk of violence ...and not one person be arrested. That is as ridiculous as it is unacceptable...."

Source: It Ought to Be...

Crime, National Guard, Taxes,