The Archive

  • U.S. Taxes 2025: What Americans Really Care About

    U.S. Taxes 2025: What Americans Really Care About

    Let’s unpack what matters most to Americans when it comes to taxes—clearly and simply.
  • US Tax Guide for Non-U.S. Citizen: What You Need to Know

    US Tax Guide for Non-U.S. Citizen: What You Need to Know

    This guide breaks down the key tax concepts, obligations, and tips for non-US citizens in a clear and straightforward manner.
  • The Impact of President Trump’s 2025 Import Tariff Policy on Global Financial Markets: A Financial Expert’s Perspective

    The Impact of President Trump’s 2025 Import Tariff Policy on Global Financial Markets: A Financial Expert’s Perspective

    This analysis explores the multifaceted impact of these policies on global financial markets, focusing on market volatility, investor sentiment, currency fluctuations, and sectoral disruptions, tailored for an American audience seeking to understand the economic ramifications.
  • How much did Taylor Swift's trip to Super Bowl LVIII cost?

    How much did Taylor Swift's trip to Super Bowl LVIII cost?

    It's not just famous people who have to think about choices.
  • State and Local Tax Collections in 2024

    State and Local Tax Collections in 2024

    Despite what people thought at first, the years of the pandemic were good for state and local tax collections. The big jumps in 2021 and 2022 haven't carried over into 2023, but most states' earnings are still strong and well above levels before the pandemic, even when inflation is taken into account.
  • IRS Tax Brackets for 2024

    IRS Tax Brackets for 2024

    The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) changes more than 60 tax rules every year to account for inflation. This stops something called "bracket creep." People move into higher tax brackets or lose value from credits and benefits when inflation rises instead of their real income rising. This is called "bracket creep."
  • Europe's Real Property Taxes

    Europe's Real Property Taxes

    Early property taxes were generally paid by farmers and were imposed mostly on land throughout the medieval era. These days, property taxes are also imposed on assets such as real estate, and they are paid periodically by individuals or organizations.
  • Tax hikes are not the only thing that makes fiscal consolidation work

    Tax hikes are not the only thing that makes fiscal consolidation work

    Interest rates are predicted to go down as inflation goes down, but the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says that the government's interest costs will almost double over the next ten years, reaching 3.6% of GDP in 2033.
  • As part of bigger tax reform, lowering the corporate tax rate is a chance that should be taken

    As part of bigger tax reform, lowering the corporate tax rate is a chance that should be taken

    As the race for president in 2024 gets under way, candidates are starting to make plans for how they would handle taxes. Getting the government corporate tax rate down from 21% to 15% is a tax plan that both former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence supported.
  • 5 Things You Should Know About the New Pillar One Documents

    5 Things You Should Know About the New Pillar One Documents

    A lot of new information about a draft multilateral tax deal was made public by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) last week. The dump of documents has to do with OECD Pillar 1, Amount A, which is a plan to change where big multinational businesses pay taxes on their profits.