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Before moving from a state or establishing a second home, know how the state you currently reside in will react. States with net losses of residents are developing innovative and aggressive ways to capture tax revenue from their expatriates. The most recent innovation is the “exit tax” imposed on departing residents. A proposed wealth tax in California would tax residents and businesses with annual incomes exceeding $30 million ($15 million for married couples filing separately). They would have to pay a tax of 0.4% on their net worth exceeding the trigger amount and could be liable for the tax up…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Indonesia’s plans to spend $28bn per year on free meals for schoolchildren have triggered unlikely opposition from students angry at looming spending cuts on higher education.Thousands of students took to the streets in cities across the country this week, decrying what they call Indonesia Gelap or “Dark Indonesia” and marking the first concerted resistance to the policies of Prabowo Subianto since the former general became president four months ago.The students oppose Prabowo’s call to slash government spending, including on education, to fund…
Semi-retirement can offer important financial and lifestyle advantages to people in their 50s, 60s, and early 70s. By not quitting work completely, you can use the semi-retirement strategy to significantly increase your retirement income for when you do eventually retire full time, while also getting more time now to enjoy life and feel closer to being retired. By the way, “phased retirement” is another way to describe this strategy. To make semi-retirement—and, in turn, retirement—work successfully for you, you’ll need to pay attention to a few items. By addressing these items now, you’re setting a strong foundation in place for…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares jumped 12.6 per cent on Friday after the Chinese ecommerce giant said it would invest “aggressively” in artificial intelligence over the next three years.Chief executive Eddie Wu said on Thursday in a call with analysts that the tech group would spend more on cloud and AI infrastructure in the next three years than it had spent over the past decade. He declined to provide details on how much it planned to invest.Alibaba’s overall capital expenditure in 2024 was…
Introduction U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) introduced a bill called the Death Tax Repeal Act on Feb. 13, 2025, with more than 170 representatives signing on. U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) introduced companion legislation in the U.S. Senate. No odds-on passage as the Ouija Board has not proven adept at predicting tax law changes. So instead, this article will discuss some of the impacts repeal may have on estate planning. While for some it will assuredly be cause for a happy dance, there are important planning considerations, and implications to your estate planning documents, that should be considered. We’ll explain…
Mortgage rates fell for a fifth consecutive week, hitting the lowest level since December but remaining elevated near 7%. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage edged down to 6.85% from last week’s reading of 6.87%. The average rate on a 30-year loan was 6.9% a year ago. “The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has stayed just under 7% for five consecutive weeks and in that time has fluctuated less than 20 basis points,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. “This stability continues to bode well for potential…
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Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldDonald Trump has called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “dictator” and warned that Ukraine’s president “better move fast or he is not going to have a country left”, deepening a rift between Washington and Kyiv.The US president hit out at his Ukrainian counterpart on his Truth Social platform on Wednesday, hours after Zelenskyy accused Trump of living in a “disinformation bubble” and challenged a $500bn bill for aid to the war-torn country.The bitter exchange came after Trump upended decades of US policy…
