Category: Tax
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The Financial Flipside Podcast, Episode 18: Looking Back: A Tax Season Wrap-Up
The first tax season after the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was full of surprises. When the IRS published its weekly filing statistics during the last week of tax season , the numbers confirmed what many taxpayers were shocked to see when they finished their returns: namely, that tax refunds were…
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The Financial Flipside Podcast, Episode 16: Year-End Money Moves
As the year draws to a close, a lot of us carving out time between holiday parties and wrapping up projects to make a few New Year’s resolutions. After writing or typing out our lists, we roar into the new year with the best of intentions, armed with gym memberships, apps, and new gadgets. Yet,…
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The Financial Flipside Podcast, Episode 7: We were wrong about tax reform
In today’s episode, your hosts issue a joint mea culpa…about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. In our most recent episode on tax reform, we expressed doubt that the bill would become law, largely because of how far apart the House and Senate bills seemed to be. You can imagine our surprise when Congress…
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The Financial Flipside Podcast, Episode 5: What’s in It for Us? Tax Reform, Continued
In our last episode, we discussed the high-level overview of the House’s tax reform bill. Now that both the House and Senate have released their versions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, we thought that we would revisit the topic. We give a rundown of the business and individual tax features of the House…
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The Financial Flipside Podcast, Episode 4: Is Tax Reform for Everyone? Unpacking the Republican Tax Plan
Tax reform was a key aspect of the current administration’s campaign platform. Earlier this fall, Republicans released a high-level version of the plan that proposes significant changes to the ways that individuals and businesses are taxed. A detailed version of the plan is not due to be released until Wednesday, November 1, but in this…