Thinking about making a charitable contribution? Check out the special tax break for donations made by the end of 2021.
Author: Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press
Careful where you click: Tragedies like Michigan’s Oxford school shooting attract scammers
Bad actors often use tragedies like the Oxford school shooting to trick consumers into making donations and clicking on bad links.
Midwest faces some of the country’s worst price hikes on gas, electricity, food, cars
The shock effect is worse for consumers in the Midwest and South. The consumer price index jumped 6.6% in October from a year ago in these regions.
I Bond rates can be an inflation hedge: What are they and why should you buy some now?
You’re going to hear more about I Bonds in November when some startling new rates are set to be announced. What are they and how do they work?
When can you expect your October child tax credit payment?
October can scare up several reasons to think about taxes, including wondering when the next child tax credit payment will arrive.
Child tax credit money arrives, but some parents say IRS shorted them and ‘it makes no sense why’
The IRS didn’t deliver the Sept. 15 payments in a timely fashion to many families. Some still wait; others received partial payments on Friday.
Gig workers to get hit with big tax surprise next year
The pandemic should have taught gig workers to keep good records for expenses and income. Now they’ll need to understand new rules that hit in 2022.
Some frustrated parents left waiting for September child tax credit payments
The Internal Revenue Service did not detail what went wrong or state how many people still did not receive their September payment as expected.
Don’t fall for this scam as IRS child tax credit payouts hit bank accounts
Watch your bank account for Sept. 15 child tax credit payouts, and watch your phone for texts from scammers who want your ID.
Watch that email carefully: Scammers pushing stimulus stories to steal bank account numbers, more
IRS warns of record uptick in scammers using badly worded texts and emails about Economic Impact Payments and how to get that money.