by Leif Jensen | Sep 9, 2024 | Taxes |
The income tax burden on high-incomers rose for 2021, per IRS statistics. The top 1% of individual filers paid 45.78% of all U.S. federal income taxes… up from 2020’s figure of 42.31%. They reported 26.3% of total adjusted gross income. Filers needed AGIs of at least...
by Leif Jensen | Sep 4, 2024 | Taxes |
Most individual tax provisions in the 2017 tax reform law expire after 2025. They include tax rates and bracket changes, higher standard deductions, repeal of personal exemptions, the $10,000 cap on deducting state and local taxes on Schedule A, and others that we...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 28, 2024 | Rant |
Classroom discussions, for students ages 12-18, cover various asset classes, risk versus reward and the power of compounding. Often, these areas are left out of traditional curriculums because they are considered nonacademic. However, these ideas overlap with the same...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 26, 2024 | Rant |
Suppose that once a week, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to £100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this… The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing. The fifth would pay £1. The sixth...
by Leif Jensen | Aug 19, 2024 | Money Management |
Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a policy proposal that involves providing all citizens with a regular, unconditional sum of money, regardless of their employment status or income. The concept has garnered significant debate, with strong arguments both for and against...
