Tag: taxes
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The Financial Flipside Podcast, Episode 30 (Part 1): Resignation-gate
The Great Resignation is a socio-cultural phenomenon that is baffling researchers and reporters and causing no small degree of anxiety among employers. Odds are, you know someone who has taken part in this movement by moving on from their job recently, perhaps, you’ve made a transition yourself. As we explore in this episode, the…
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The Financial Flipside Podcast, Episode 29: Mind the Tax Gap
Taxes took center stage at the Met Gala recently, when Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) attended the event wearing a white gown with “TAX THE RICH” emblazoned on the back in red. The ensuing discussion was wide ranging, covering everything from the designer’s background to Ocasio-Cortez’s salary and net worth and the ethics of politicians…
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The Financial Flipside Podcast, Episode 28: Infrastructure Week
Infrastructure touches every aspect of our lives, from the roads we drive on to the water we drink to the electricity powering the laptop I’m using to type these show notes. Because of this, it’s also one of the areas in which the connection between money and everyday life is the clearest: if part…
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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 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…