Tag: finance

February 15, 2019

A group of human rights organizations filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday challenging its policy requiring Central American migrants to return to Mexico to wait for their asylum requests to be processed. The Migrant Protection Protocols […]

February 15, 2019

Contrary to popular belief, not everyone hates dreads tax season — in fact, some people actually look forward to it. That’s according to the Pew Research Center’s most recent data on the matter, which revealed that just over a third […]

February 14, 2019

There’s a lot of speculation out there about how President Donald Trump’s new tax plan, signed into law in 2017, will affect people’s tax returns this year. Millions of us might watch our tax refunds shrink or disappear completely. Some […]

February 7, 2019

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Thursday that his office filed a petition to modify the current consent decrees between University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and Highmark Health (Highmark) to include requirements that ensure UPMC will promote public interest […]

January 30, 2019

A working capital loan is short-term business funding used to finance a company’s day-to-day operations, like buying inventory or covering payroll. Common small business working capital loans are LOCs, term loans, invoice financing, and merchant cash advances. We reviewed working […]

January 23, 2019

Financial advisors and planners who want to transform their practices should consider a coaching program. These programs teach advisors the practices and methodologies used by the industry’s most elite businesses. Popular coaching programs include those from CEG Worldwide, The Oechsli […]

January 17, 2019

The six most common loans offered by The Small Business Administration (SBA) are 7(a) loans, 504 loans, CAPLines, export loans, microloans, and disaster loans. You can learn more about requirements, costs, terms, and how to apply in the brief overview […]

December 10, 2018

Employee expenses on your books are business expenses an employee pays for with their own personal funds or a corporate card and reimbursed later by the employer. The most common expense reimbursements are for airfare, hotel and meals. A written […]

November 21, 2018

In June 2018, the United States Supreme Court ruled that states should impose some sort of remote tax laws on local retailers that sell their wares online to people out of state, tossing out the old legal threshold of “physical […]

November 16, 2018

If you’re thinking about buying a second a home to use for vacations, rental income or a place to call home during retirement, it makes financial sense to take advantage of all the available tax breaks. The cost of ownership, […]