• Biden has boasted about Trump's tax rates expiring but a new calculator reveals how it will spark hikes for every income group: Find out how it could impact YOU

    Tax Foundation finds most Americans will face higher taxes if provisions of the 2017 tax law are not extended. Multiple provisions in the 2017 tax law are set to expire in 2025. Democrats and Republicans gear up for tax fight ahead of cuts expiring

  • Study finds that we are much more likely to find an Einstein on the political left

    A provocative fresh study has unearthed a correlation between left-wing convictions and both elevated intelligence quotient (IQ) scores and genetic markers thought to be linked with heightened intelligence. As elucidated by psychology researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in their novel paper, published in the journal Intelligence, a plethora of intelligence assessments revealed […]

  • Here's How Much Mark Cuban Is 'Proud' to Pay in Taxes This Year — And What To Do If You're Still Scrambling to File Your Tax Return

    Tax Day in the U.S. is April 15. Here's how much Mark Cuban pays in taxes, plus IRS-approved resources on where to file a tax extension for free online.

  • You Can Use Your iPhone to Find a Specific Book on Your Shelves

    Some people organize their book shelves by author name, book title, or even by color—but if you take a more chaotic approach and can never find the book you're looking for, the optical character recognition (OCR) feature on the iPhone can help you out. Just take a photo, wait a few minutes, and search for the book title in the photos app. Your phone will point to the book.

  • How to use Junk in Fallout Shelter: Crafting, where to find & sell, more

    Junk in Fallout has always been present, but Fallout 4 and Fallout Shelter have changed the way it works to make it necessary to loot for crafting and building. Here is everything you need to know about Junk in Fallout Shelter, including where to find it and how to use it.  Crafting is incredibly important in Fallout Shelter, and Junk is the main component you’re going to need when you want to create new weapons and armor.  There are a few places you can get it, but you’ll need to...

  • Glendale teachers surprised to find their taxes already filed -- fraudulently

    The IRS recently notified teachers, nurses, counselors and other faculty members in the Glendale Unified School District that they could not file their taxes this year because they already had — or at least somebody using their information did. In December, the school district with more than 25,000 Los Angeles County students learned that it was the latest victim of a ransomware attack aimed at institutions that store sensitive data, but lack the same type of security standards of a large...

  • Research finds pronoun use not only shaped by language but also beliefs

    Pronouns like "he" and "she" are at the center of much debate as society tries to shift to using more gender-inclusive pronouns like "they"—especially when referring to those with identities that do not fit with traditional pronouns. Research at the University of New Hampshire looked at the use of pronouns in two different languages—including one where all pronouns are identity neutral—and found that people's use of pronouns reflects not just the language they speak but also their ideologies.

  • A Taxing Timeat Tax Time

    Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean? It’s not just being part of half the nation that pays taxes while the other half doesn’t that bothers me. It’s the waste and unnecessary programs and agencies that have long outlived whatever usefulness they once had (if they were ever necessary). And still President Biden wants to raise taxes even more without proposing a single dollar be cut to reduce our unsustainable $34 trillion debt. ...

  • A Taxing Timeat Tax Time

    Was it as bad for you as it was for me? Sending Washington money we earn, but Washington doesn’t, I mean? It’s not just being part of half the nation that pays taxes while the other half doesn’t that bothers me. It’s the waste and unnecessary programs and agencies that have long outlived whatever usefulness they once had (if they were ever necessary). And still President Biden wants to raise taxes even more without proposing a single dollar be cut to reduce our unsustainable $34 trillion debt. ...

  • California Auditor Finds Homeless Council Can't Account For Money Spent

    California Auditor Finds Homeless Council Can't Account For Money Spent Authored by John Seiler via The Epoch Times, Responsible businesses do regular audits of their finances to see which areas are making money and which not. Families also do audits, if only at tax time to see how much they owe. Contrast that with government. California State Auditor Grant Parks just came out with a new audit, “Homelessness in California: The State Must Do More to Assess the...

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    State tax officials are using AI to go after wealthy payers

    New York state is sending out AI-generated letters looking for tax revenue, many of them focused on remote work or a change in tax residency.

  • Urgent warning for anyone using scarily accurate 'AI death calculator'

    Be warned if you’re testing out an ‘AI death calculator’ (Picture: Getty)The team behind an ‘AI death calculator’ that can predict, well, when you’ll die, issued a stark warning for those keen to find out their life expectancy.Danish researchers unveiled the Life2vec AI chatbot in December. They said the program can accurately predict not only how long you’ll live, but also how rich you will be.Now, a number of copycat apps are appearing online that appear to be scams – while the original...