Personal Finance

Would you like to pay less in taxes this year? is a trick question. A pertinent answer is another question: will it cause me to pay more in taxes later? If not, duly paying less in taxes is a no-brainer. But when paying less in taxes now is merely tax-deferral, the decision can be brain-racking.… Continue reading Beware of This Retirement Tax Trap

Quick-service restaurants bounced back last year, expanding their drive-thrus and digital options, and they haven’t looked back. These are the highest earning fast-food chains in America. Quick-service restaurants bounced back last year, expanding their drive-thrus and digital options, and they haven’t looked back. These are the highest earning fast-food chains in America. For fast food… Continue reading Supersized: 30 Biggest Fast-Food Chains in the U.S.

The housing market is in trouble, as prices and mortgage rates remain elevated. So it’s no surprise that builder confidence fell for the eighth straight month in August, marking the worst period since the housing crisis began in 2007. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo index of builder confidence slid 6 points in August… Continue reading We’re Enduring ‘Housing Recession,’ Homebuilders’ Economist Says

In the world of technology, especially with screens, bigger and better go seemingly nearly always together. And back at CES 2022, Samsung showed off a 55-inch curved monitor that could rotate from horizontal to vertical. So yes, you could crush your spreadsheets and fire up a flight in Microsoft Flight Simulator with ease. And Samsung … Continue reading We Tried Samsung’s 55-inch Curved Odyssey Ark Gaming Screen

In the past two decades, there was no single year that comes close to showing the population declines that most cities experienced in 2020-21 during the covid pandemic. In the past two decades, there was no single year that comes close to showing the population declines that most cities experienced in 2020-21 during the covid… Continue reading Cities That Lost and Gained the Most People in the Pandemic

As home prices and interest rates rise, those hoping to buy are increasingly hoping something dramatic will happen. With home prices and mortgage rates soaring from last year, it’s no surprise that homes are becoming unaffordable for many prospective buyers. The median existing-home sales price hit $416,000 in June, jumping 13.4% from a year earlier,… Continue reading More People Are Counting on This to be Able to Buy a Home

Retirement Daily’s Robert Powell caught up with Jeffrey Levine, CPA and tax pro from Buckingham Strategic Wealth Partners, to discuss tax tips for filing an amended tax return. Watch the video above, or read the transcript below. Tax Tips for Correcting and Filing an Amended Tax ReturnYou need to file an amended return to show… Continue reading Here’s how to fix or amend your tax return

Expats living in different countries around the world find some countries make it easy to settle in and make friends, but in other places, affordability and personal safety are big concerns. Expats living in different countries around the world find some countries make it easy to settle in and make friends, but in other places,… Continue reading The Best and Worst Countries for Expats