State and local governments have faced a cash crunch as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. And they’re passing the pain on to homeowners in the form of higher property taxes, according to a new report. A new analysis from real-estate data company Attom Data Solutions found that Americans who …
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You no longer must buy another home in order to claim the capital-gains exemption. An earlier version of this article incorrectly said you had to. Dear Ms. MoneyPeace: My first wife died in 2013 and I remarried in 2014. My will gives my wife my house. I have owned four …
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Amazon Prime Video doesn’t have a whole lot of new offerings coming in April, but its two highest-profile debuts should at least bring the thrills. The biggest of the bunch looks to be “Without Remorse” (April 30), an action thriller movie based on the Tom Clancy book. Michael B. Jordan …
Read More » Hulu will welcome back its most popular original series in April, along a trio of buzz-worthy documentaries and some ’90s-movie favorites. After a two-year layoff, “The Handmaid’s Tale” (April 28) returns for a fourth season. The Emmy-winning dystopian drama picks up with June (Elisabeth Moss) facing new challenges as she …
Read More » Netflix Inc. is releasing a slew of new stuff in April, including the return of a reality hit and a much-anticipated new fantasy series. That would be “Shadow and Bone” (April 23), the series adaptation of the hugely popular YA novels from Leigh Bardugo. Jessie Mei Li stars as Alina, …
Read More » People who are staring at a federal income tax bill are getting a bit of a breather, now that the Internal Revenue Service has set May 17 as the new deadline to pay 2020 taxes and file a return during this tumultuous tax season. But gig workers, freelancers and self-employed …
Read More » No one is likely to order any ball caps emblazoned with “Dow 33K,” but America’s most well-known stock index cleared another 1,000-point milestone on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.58% ended the day up 189.42 points, a gain of 0.6%, to close at a record 33,015.37, just five …
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How are you? It’s been quite a year. It’s one year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus public-health emergency a “pandemic.” Looking back, we can see how far we have come, and how we have already begun the return to a kind of normality, a New Normal. In …
Read More » As interest rates plummeted throughout 2020, mortgage refinancing became a major avenue to saving money in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. But those who took the plunge need to be aware of how opting to refinance could affect their taxes insofar as deductions are concerned. The Mortgage Bankers Association …
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