The third-quarter estimated tax deadline for 2024 is Sept. 16, and skipping a payment could trigger a penalty, according to the IRS.Typically, you need estimated payments for any income without tax withholdings, such as earnings from self-employment, contract or gig economy work and investment or retirement income. Some filers also need…

A single-vehicle collision last month involving a Tesla Semi electric truck took 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish and required aircraft to dump fire retardant overhead, according to a preliminary report on Friday from the National Transportation Safety Board.The crash, which occurred on California’s Interstate 80 west of Lake Tahoe,…

Americans are feeling a greater sense of optimism about the US economy this month, thanks to slower inflation. Voters also see a greater likelihood that Vice President Kamala Harris will defeat former President Donald Trump in the upcoming November election. The University of Michigan’s latest consumer survey, released Friday, showed…

The BlackRock Enhanced Capital and Income Fund Inc (NYSE:CII) is a closed-end fund that investors can employ in order to earn a very high level of income from the assets in their portfolios. The generation of income seems to be an increasingly popular theme nowadays as many retirees and other…

Bryant Burton was snuggled up with his one-year-old Staffordshire terrier, Baby, watching the US presidential debate on Tuesday, when Donald Trump uttered the words that thrust his hometown of Springfield, Ohio, into the centre of America’s election maw — and may have forever besmirched its reputation.“In Springfield, they’re eating the…

The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that competing measures that would expand or limit abortion rights can appear on the November ballot. The high court’s ruling came days after it heard arguments in three lawsuits that sought to keep one or both of the state’s competing abortion initiatives off the…

It’s that time of year when many of those who have Part D prescription drug coverage experience sticker shock. Here is a sample of what’s happening with my clients. Can this be right? The $141 copay for my expensive eye drops just shot up to $520 and the costs for…

Mortgage rates fell this week to the lowest levels in over a year and a half, but elevated rates and high home prices are still keeping would-be buyers and sellers out of the housing market. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on…

The U.S. government for the first time has spent more than $1 trillion this year on interest payments for its $35.3 trillion national debt, the Treasury Department reported Thursday.With the Federal Reserve holding benchmark rates at their highest in 23 years, the government has laid out $1.049 trillion on debt…

American Airlines flight attendants approved a five-year labor deal, ending one of the industry’s most contentious contract negotiations and giving cabin crews more than 20% raises at the start of October.Eighty-seven percent of the American Airlines flight attendants who voted approved the contract, the union said Thursday, shortly after polls…