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Where Are My Tax Forms? Your W-2, 1099 & Others Aren’t In The Mail
By now, you should have most of your tax forms. Should. Not all tax forms are due just yet. If you’re looking for your forms, you should have received your forms W-2 and most forms 1099 by January 31, 2014. That was…
White House again delays healthcare mandate for employers
The Obama administration on Monday again delayed a contentious healthcare law requirement that all but the smallest employers provide coverage to full-time workers, this time by giving medium-sized businesses another year to comply. The so-called employer mandate, which has been opposed…
Disinformation: Income inequality
President Obama called income inequality as “the defining challenge of our time.” Really? All of the Alinsky misfits decrying “income inequality” use the Census Bureau definition of “money income” (i.e., pre-tax), which excludes taxes and transfer payments (Medicaid, Medicare, Supplemental…
Republicans abandon bedrock budget-cutting in debt ceiling vote
It was once the backbone of the House Republican majority — the hard-line stand that brought President Barack Obama to the negotiating table and yielded more than $2 trillion in deficit reduction. On Tuesday, it abruptly vanished, the victim of Republican…
Is Social Security A Good Deal – Debate Politics Forums
You will hear that Social Security is a good deal, and others point to the exact same data to say that it is a bad deal. Whatever the side you take, the question is getting more visibility, and it is well deserved. There…
No Special Treatment for Workers With Disabilities, Please
There’s an ignoble side to the Americans with Disabilities Act that I’d really like to see change in Corporate America and beyond. The ADA, the landmark law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in the workplace, can work for and against workers.…
Disability Placard Use Increases But Abuse Goes Unpunished
COLUMBUS, Ohio -Derek Mortland was a professional motorcycle racer until a crash 16 years ago left him paralyzed from the waist down. He is still very active and independent but needs a little extra time and patience to get around.To…
Retirement: Make your nest egg tax-efficient
When calculating living expenses in retirement, many preretirees forget to include taxes, says Andrea Blackwelder, a certified financial planner in Denver. That’s a big mistake because when it comes time to tap your tax-deferred accounts, such as your traditional IRAs…
Yes! Retirement Security Is Attainable
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: It’s great to be unemployed and retired if you can afford it! In recent weeks, since President Obama delivered the State of the Union address and proposed his MyRA program to address…
AMA supports overhaul of Medicare doctors’ pay
WASHINGTON (AP) — The American Medical Association says it strongly supports legislation that would change the way Medicare pays doctors, to emphasize quality care and not just sheer volume of services. The endorsement Monday from AMA President Ardis Dee Hoven provided…