Taxing Matchmakers: Digital Services and Online Taxation
Digital platforms connect buyers and sellers worldwide, yet taxes struggle to keep up. This article explains why dest...
Policy Reform
Policy Reform topic hub gathers four articles, covering housing, budgets, innovation, and workforce changes, and explains how policy shifts can impact household finances and planning.
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Lawmakers Fight to Solve $24,480 Social Security Limit
Lawmakers are rushing to end the $24,480 earnings limit that reduces Social Security benefits for retirees who keep w...
Congress Years Save Social: Stakes for Social Security
The latest Social Security Trustees report warns the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund could be depleted by ...
Faster Disaster Payout Model Aims to Rewire U.S. Insurance
Lawmakers and insurers are weighing a faster disaster payout model that would centralize leadership and pool risk to ...
Social Security's Insolvency Date Seen Shifting to 2032
A fresh government outlook puts social security's insolvency date at the end of 2032, prompting talks of payroll tax ...
BOFA Flags ‘Fundamental Disconnect’ in Housing Market
Bank of America Global Research argues the housing crisis is driven by years of underbuilding and local policy barrie...
2032 Could Quietly Become Social Security Turning Point
Analysts warn that the Social Security funding gap could reach a tipping point in the early 2030s. If policy action s...
Trump’s 3,642 Stock Trades Spark Market Ethics Debate Now
New filings reveal a surge of political stock trading in Q1, prompting renewed calls for a ban on individual trades b...
Social Security Trust Fund’s Depletion Date Shifts to 2032
A new Congressional Budget Office update places the social security trust fund’s depletion date in 2032, a year earli...
Shifting Germany’s Burden From Labor to Consumption
Germany faces a policy crossroads: broaden the VAT base to shift the burden from labor to consumption. This article b...
Your Employee Benefits Package as Leverage in Hiring Wars
Workers say their benefits aren’t safety nets but leverage points used to keep them in place. This timely report expl...
Social Security Insolvency: A Six-Figure Fix Timeline
As the Social Security Retirement Trust Fund nears insolvency, lawmakers debate a six-figure cap on benefits for high...