Are you dreaming of living in a beach town? Well, with coastal states like Florida, North Carolina, and Maine among the most popular places people relocated to last year, a new report on 2021's Best Beach Towns to Live in, can help you decide the most livable beachside communities. WalletHub [...]
The Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service report they have disbursed more than 2.3 million additional Economic Impact Payments under the American Rescue Plan. The recent announcement covers the most recent two weeks of the effort brings the total disbursed [...]
With the unemployment rate at 5.8% and around 42% of the population fully vaccinated, the personal-finance website WalletHub released updated rankings for the States That Are Recovering the Quickest From COVID-19. To identify the states that are having the most successful recoveries, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District [...]
The Internal Revenue Service reminded taxpayers living and working outside of the United States that they must file their 2020 federal income tax return by Tuesday, June 15. This deadline applies to both U.S. citizens and resident aliens abroad, including those with dual citizenship. Just as most taxpayers in the [...]
It may not be that surprising but Black, Latino and American Indian/Alaska Native students living in rural communities in California are far more likely than their peers of color in cities to fall into the homework gap with no access to high-speed home internet or digital devices, a new analysis from [...]
The Internal Revenue Service announced that its 2021 Virtual IRS Nationwide Tax Forum will be held over five weeks starting July 20, with a series of live-streamed webinars every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Held each summer for 30 years, the IRS Nationwide Tax Forums are the IRS's marquee outreach event [...]
As school systems across the country are grappling with complex questions on how to reopen safely, Testing for America, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation and the Skoll Foundation, released a new how-to guide to reopen – and keep open – the more than 130,000 K-12 schools in the United States fulltime. Published [...]
The Internal Revenue Service provided guidance on tax breaks under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for continuation health coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA). Notice 2021-31 PDF provides guidance for employers, plan administrators, and health insurers regarding the new credit available to them for providing [...]
With California set to fully reopen by mid-June and the majority of Americans ready to hit the road and explore, Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau has compiled a list of must-discover routes and corresponding not-to-miss local dishes and signature beverages throughout the breathtaking California central coast destination. After a long year [...]
The Internal Revenue Service has extended the deadline for civic-minded volunteers to apply for membership on the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) for 2022. Taxpayers may submit a TAP application online at www.improveirs.org through June 1, 2021. The TAP is a federal advisory committee that listens to taxpayers, identifies major taxpayer concerns, and [...]
