When it comes to saving money, you want to make sure you are earning the highest interest rate possible. That’s where high-yield savings accounts come in. High Yield Savings Account is a deposit account that offers a higher interest rate…
Mortgage rates continue to be a hot topic in the world of real estate, and on Jan 30, 2023, a notable change has taken place. The important rate has receded, providing both new and existing homeowners with an opportunity to…
Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is a metric used to measure the total amount of interest earned on a deposit or savings account over the course of one year. If you want to know how much you’ll earn by depositing money…
Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota has proposed a massive $65 billion two-year budget, which includes $11.2 billion in new state spending and $5.4 billion for what the governor calls the “biggest tax cut in state history.” However, the proposal also includes…
Governor Janet Mills of Maine has announced the first round of winter energy relief payments, worth $450 each, are being mailed to eligible taxpayers in the state. The payments, which are part of Governor Mills’ Emergency Energy Relief Plan, aim…
Matthew Harris, a former lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has been found mentally unfit to stand trial by a federal judge in Denver. This decision was made after Harris’s lawyers filed a motion in October 2021,…
Lawmakers in Tennessee have proposed a new scholarship program aimed at addressing the state’s childcare crisis. The “Promising Futures” program, which would be funded by tax revenue from Tennessee’s growing sports betting industry, would offer scholarships to low- and middle-income…
Maya Caston, a 28-year-old Missouri mother, was recently convicted of second-degree involuntary manslaughter and two counts of child endangerment in connection to the deaths of her infant twins. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Caston reported the twins as stillborn…
Form 2555 is a tax form that allows American citizens working and living abroad to exclude foreign income from their U.S. taxes. This form is used to claim the Foreign Earned Income Exclusion, which can save expats a lot of…
Education is one of the most valuable investments a person can make in their lifetime, but it can also be one of the most expensive. Fortunately, the United States tax code provides two education tax credits that can help offset…