If you’re not correctly budgeting for taxes, they could quickly drain your retirement fund. You work your entire career to save for retirement, so when you finally reach your golden years, you’ll want to ensure your money lasts as long as possible. One obstacle that could potentially throw off your entire retirement plan? Taxes. When […]

Exchanging properties is a good way to invest in real estate, while deferring capital gains taxes way into the future. It’s called a 1031 exchange. But the rules are that substituting one property for another has to happen within a tight timeframe. What if something goes wrong with landing that second, replacement property? Are you

A quarter of landlords are planning to exit the market this year, citing tax increases and government reforms as the main driving factors behind the decision to sell, a new survey has found.  The survey of UK landlords found that 26 per cent were preparing to sell at least one property this year, partly due

An increase in storage across Hawaii grids is just as important as adding new renewable generation.By Marco Mangelsdorf/ January 8, 2020 Reading time: 3 minutes.    The Department of Taxation recently released its report on the state tax credits claimed in 2017, the most recent year for which the state has complete data. For at least the seventh straight

Housing costs are rising across the nation, and faster than most incomes. While poor renters have long faced an affordability problem, housing in urban areas with strong job markets is becoming increasingly unaffordable for middle-income workers as well. Jenny Schuetz proposes alignment of three policy tools to improve housing affordability, including zoning reform, a land

Radical, populist and idealistic, the Peoples Redemption Party(PRP) fired the politics of the second republic. Welfarists, goateed Marxists and trade unionists had found common ground in the party. Together, these disparate groups and personalities, like a Salvation Army, had converged on Aminu Kano’s political totem pole. Malam, as he was called, espoused ‘Democratic Humanism’ and

The UK’s Trade Commissioner to Africa explains why UK investments overseas benefit British businesses. By Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for Africa, Emma Wade-Smith OBE  Africa’s success matters to the UK. It’s home to 8 of the 15 fastest growing economies in the world. And yet African countries receive less than 4% of foreign direct investment. The type

Each time you blinked in 2019, something happened in the tax space, some positive, some not so positive while others were completely outrageous. Like the proverbial blind men trying to describe an elephant based on the different parts of the elephant’s body they touched, their individual story Is likely to be true but incomplete and

The Peoples Democratic Party has kicked against the over 200 per cent electricity tariff increase by the federal government describing it as “draconian and completely against the interest and well-being of Nigerians.” The PUNCH had reported that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission on Saturday directed the 11 electricity distribution companies in the country to increase their