Personal Finance

Homeowners have begun expanding their living space into the backyard through large, inviting patios complete with outdoor kitchens and dining areas. These are real investments into the home and can provide terrific spaces for entertaining, so it makes sense to weatherproof those areas so they can be enjoyed year-round. One way to ensure families and… Continue reading Best Patio Heaters of 2022

Although traveling for business may be less frequent than it used to be, it’s more important than ever to have everything you need when you go on the road and to be prepared for multiple contingencies. Business travelers have more to think about today than they did in the past, including mask and vaccine mandates… Continue reading 12 Products Every Business Traveler Needs

You’ve probably heard the old “you need to spend money to make money” cliché. But let’s face it—when you’re starting a business, the mere idea of spending money makes your mouth dry and your palms clammy. How do you know if you’ll be able to get your small business off the ground? How can you… Continue reading Know the 5 essential startup expenses for new businesses

Amazon’s latest Alexa smart screen isn’t quite bad, but it really isn’t all that great, either. Rather, Echo Show 15—the newest, biggest, and only wall-mountable smart display in the Amazon Echo Show lineup—is what you might call… enough. Good enough, capable enough, useful enough, but never quite outstanding. And yet, it also might be the… Continue reading Echo Show 15 Might Be Amazon’s Best Alexa Device

Until a international agreement to ensure big companies pay a minimum tax rate of 15% is implemented, these are currently the top corporate tax havens. To attract business, countries offer tax breaks to big companies. If multinational corporations set up headquarters or subsidiaries in the countries with the most attractive tax systems and favorable secrecy… Continue reading The Top Corporate Tax Havens and Global Tax Reform

It’s that time of year when at least some of us get money back from our tax returns. What should you do with the money? Of course, your first thought may be to spend it all, thinking that it’s “found” money. There are better choices, though. Here are six smart ways to use that money to achieve… Continue reading How to Get the Most Out of Your Tax Refund

With self-employment comes freedom, responsibility, and a lot of expense. While most self-employed people celebrate the first two, they cringe at the latter, especially at tax time. They might not be aware of some of the tax write-offs to which they are entitled. Get every dollar you deserve with unlimited tax advice from experts who… Continue reading Top tax write-offs if you’re a self-employed individual

Will tax season soon require you to get all your W-2s in order … and get a haircut? Well, not exactly, but you might want to get your camera ready nonetheless. The Internal Revenue Service has partnered with the third-party identity verification company ID.me in order to better protect users’ security and reduce fraud, and… Continue reading You May Need to Send a Selfie With Your Tax Return, IRS Says