For the first time since 2022, the IRS is changing standard mileage rates in the middle of the tax year. If you track business, medical or moving miles, this matters. Starting July 1, 2026, the numbers go up, and your recordkeeping needs…
Retirement planning starts with retirement spending. Ideally, retirees are mortgage free and relatively debt free before they leave the working life behind. In retirement, a key strategy is to maintain low monthly staple…
Secure America Act (S 2) – The Secure America Act is a federal budget reconciliation bill that funds homeland security. It was introduced by Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) on May 20…
The cost of streaming subscriptions is on the rise, and you have to ask: Are they really worth it? Especially when it’s summer and you’re taking advantage of the beautiful weather. Here are some ways…
Picture two heating-and-cooling companies at opposite ends of the same town. Same revenue, same trucks, same crew. The first one runs on its owner, a guy who spent 20 years…
The recent discovery of a publicly available Elasticsearch cluster, a group of interconnected search servers, containing 24 billion exposed records, is among the largest-scale data breaches, highlighting the…
A county in Michigan was owed about $2,200 in back taxes. To collect it, the government took a home worth close to $200,000, auctioned it for a fraction of that, and called the matter settled. The family is now putting a simple…
Here’s something that flew under the radar for most people: a court decision from late last year could put money back in your pocket if you got hit with IRS penalties during COVID. But you need to act fast! For some taxpayers…
S.98: Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025 – This bipartisan bill instructs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a vetting…
Every day, businesses are publishing AI-generated blog posts, automated emails, faceless videos and social media threads at an unprecedented scale. A prompt can now produce what once required hours of brainstorming and execution…
