Francine J. Lipman In The News
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According to new documents filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James last week, Trump is, as he is fond of pointing out, a billionaire — if only on paper. Because when he left the White House, he is said to have had control of "only" about $ 65 million in liquid assets. His remaining fortune is said to be spread over hundreds of companies, as Daily Beast reports, citing experts.
Daily Beast
When Donald Trump left office in early 2021, he was apparently on much thinner financial ice than almost anyone knew. That revelation, which three accounting experts confirmed upon reviewing Trump’s 2020 tax return, may help explain some of the financial and political moves the former president has made in the intervening years. Snowballing legal fees, along with other possible legal settlements and judgments, threaten to consume the cash pile he needs to bankroll his business activity, as well as fund a lavish lifestyle and maintain his image of excess—an emperor atop a golden toilet.
American Bar Association
Almost 60 years ago, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King led the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom demanding government recognition of and remedies for the immorality of poverty and inequality. In front of the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. King, who was the last to speak, told 250,000 nonviolent protesters about his now-famous dream for a better tomorrow for his children. A few years later in November 1967, based on a suggestion from Marian Wright Edelman, Dr. King organized the Poor People’s Campaign to focus the civil rights movement on economic justice. Tragically, King was murdered a few months later at the age of 39.
Australian Broadcasting Corp
After a years-long legal battle that reached the US Supreme Court, a congressional committee has published Donald Trump's redacted federal income tax returns. On Friday morning, local time, the House Ways and Means committee released six years of the former president's tax records, including from his four years in the White House.
Insurance News Net
The headlines on 2023 tax and retirement policy changes are not quite as big as President Joe Biden had hoped, but one issue — inflation — is is driving significant developments that advisors will want to address with clients.
Yoga.net
Some of Las Vegas’ biggest real estate deals have resulted in no transfer taxes, an investigation by Las Vegas Review-Journal found. At least $27.5 billion worth of transactions, mostly on or near the renowned Strip, have closed since 2007 without publicly reporting tax payments routinely levied on home purchases.