Personal finance

ozgurcankaya If you’re scrambling to file your taxes, it’s easy to miss another key deadline on April 18: the due date for 2023 first-quarter estimated tax payments. Income taxes are pay-as-you-go, meaning you must remit taxes throughout the year. While employees contribute through paycheck withholdings, others must pay the IRS quarterly.  The first estimated tax deadline
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In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A person walks out of the Apple Store in Annapolis, Maryland, on February 2, 2023. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images As the Federal Reserve continues to hike interest rates, some online banks have been jockeying to offer the highest yields on savings. Now,
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Accounting firms are facing a significant staffing shortage. Between the long hours, stressful deadlines and unflattering stereotype, more people are quitting the profession then going into it. Instead, students straight out of college are choosing to pursue careers in related fields like investment banking, consulting or data analysis. The additional credit hours required to earn
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Zamrznutitonovi | Istock | Getty Images New government inflation data shows inflation is cooling — and that could point to a lower cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for Social Security beneficiaries next year. The Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers, or CPI-U, rose 5% from a year ago and 0.1% in March, according to data
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Mistakes happen, especially when it comes to money. Even our most trusted sources for financial information and advice have their own regrets. Here, CNBC Financial Advisor Council members share their greatest money mishaps, and what they do differently now. In every case, their younger selves made tradeoffs that sacrificed their long-term financial well-being. Maybe if
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When you’re living paycheck to paycheck, it can be tough to find money to save. That was the situation one audience member, Natalie, wrote in about ahead of CNBC’s Women & Wealth event on Tuesday. While grappling with high childcare and housing costs, Natalie is barely breaking even, she wrote, which makes finding money to
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The Social Security Administration office in Brownsville, Texas. Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc | Corbis Historical | Getty Images Social Security beneficiaries who call the agency’s toll-free number may face hold times of more than 30 minutes. Long lines and shortened hours are common at many of the agency’s field offices where beneficiaries may seek in-person
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Between higher costs and a possible recession on the horizon, families feel increasingly strained financially.   More than half, or 58%, of all Americans are now living paycheck to paycheck, according to the CNBC Your Money Financial Confidence Survey, conducted in partnership with Momentive.  And even more — roughly 70% — said they feel stressed
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Liubomyr Vorona | Istock | Getty Images The Biden administration’s sweeping plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for tens of millions of Americans may have an unintended, though hopefully temporary, consequence for some people, experts say. “For many borrowers, it will cause their credit scores to drop,” said higher education expert Mark
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Gabriel Quezada, 17, is a senior at Early College High School in Costa Mesa, California. Gabriel Quezada As college costs soar and enrollment falters, there’s an alternative to a pricey four-year degree that’s been largely under the radar, until recently. But Gabriel Quezada, 17, was reluctant to try it. His father, Humberto Quezada, said he
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