Taxes

The proposed accounts will compete with a plethora of savings vehicles that can offer better tax advantages and more flexibility.

The currency is falling despite factors that ordinarily would support it.

The program has long drawn the ire of congressional Republicans and TurboTax parent Intuit.

The Social Security Administration will announce the actual cost-of-living adjustment in October.

It was a fourth consecutive robust offering.

An extension of the 2017 tax cuts, trade deals, and rate cuts would all send stocks to record highs, says Bellwether Wealth. It’s a big ask, however.

Keith Hall led the Congressional Budget Office during the first Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. He defends its record in a guest commentary.

Last week’s feud shows more signs of cooling off. The bromance is still over, though.

Stocks that aren’t sensitive to economic ups and downs are a smart way to protect your portfolio.

Many taxpayers miss a deduction that could ease the financial pain of hefty medical bills.

The best thing Trump could do to get interest rates down is to reconsider his deficit-raising tax bill.

The elimination of credits, deductions, and certain SALT-cap workarounds in the tax bill would amount to limited increases for some individuals and businesses.

A new estimate puts the bill’s cost at $2.4 trillion, but that isn’t likely to derail the legislation.

The median call among 17 banks and investment groups is for the index to end the year at 5950 points, 0.3% lower than Wednesday’s closing level.

Wall Street is focused on jobs data this week, which haven’t been good.

Some Republican lawmakers have joined Democrats in opposing cuts to Medicaid.

Economists and researchers see problems on several fronts with the bill as it stands now.

Stocks gained about 6% in May as 10-year rates rose 24.5 basis points, or hundredths of a percentage point.

Cracks are appearing in the relationship between the world’s richest person and the president.

The White House’s “rescissions” package is headed for Congress. It included $9.4 billion in reductions, from public media and foreign aid.

“Overall, the weight of the technical evidence suggests this recovery is real,” LPL Financial’s Jeffrey Buchbinder notes.

Some Latin American countries receive 20% to 30% of their GDP from remittances from U.S. workers. Financial institutions also benefit.

GOP senators have changes they want to make to the House version. Medicaid and SALT are in the crosshairs.

Provisions of the tax bill seen as handouts to fat cats will actually benefit Main Street, Mark Penn writes in a guest commentary.

Market drops allow you to combine tax-efficient selling in your portfolio and charitable giving.