“It’s a level of anxiety that travelers have never really had to worry about, and absolutely it could worsen,” @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social told me.

Mailing A Last Minute Tax Return? Warning: The Postmark Rules Have Changed Watch out. You could get hit with penalties and interest if you don’t get your paper 1040 postmarked on time. Here’s what last minute tax filers need to know.

If you still plan on mailing your #1040, read this. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

How A Credit Card Fintech Resurrected Itself By Targeting The Superrich Four years ago, Atlas looked like it was on the brink of collapse. Today, tech billionaires are lining up to pay $1,000 a year for its card.

Would you pay $1,000 a year for a credit card that gets you reservations at the hottest restaurants? Welcome to the K-shaped economy. www.forbes.com/sites/jeffka...

With less than a week to go before the tax filing deadline, the IRS has finally issued final regs on the tips deduction. @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

11 Common Tax Filing Mistakes And How To Avoid Them A wrong Social Security number, forgotten direct deposit info, or misunderstanding a credit, can cost you money or slow down the processing of your tax return.

Given the staffing problems at the post-DOGE IRS, you really don't want to make a mistake on your tax return this year. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

Treasury’s Trump Accounts: A Robinhood Customer Acquisition Program In Disguise The Treasury's picks of financial agents for Trump Accounts amounts to little more than a customer acquisition program for Robinhood.

This should be getting more attention. www.forbes.com/sites/ronshe...

How My Widowed 77-Year-Old Mom Lost Social Security Benefits For Five Months With its workforce slashed, the Social Security Administration too often falters when processing survivor benefits. It took help from a Congressman to work it out.

If you suspected the Social Security Administration isn't functioning very well post-DOGE, you were right. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

Can Legal Marijuana Use Still Cost You A Job? Legal marijuana use doesn’t always protect job candidates. Learn how state and local laws shape THC testing, hiring decisions, and employer risk.

Even if using marijuana is legal in your state, doing so could still cost you a job. www.forbes.com/sites/alonzo...

How The SBA Quietly Pulled The Rug On Small Business Investors The SBA may be quietly changing who is at risk when a 7(a) loan goes bad, leaving passive investors exposed in ways they never expected.

Is the SBA trying to drive investors out?www.forbes.com/sites/brandonkochkodin/2...

Here’s where NYT put No Kings coverage on the home page of its iOS app

They’re Coming For Your Social Security What will you have: benefit cuts or tax hikes? Maybe a little of each. Here is what six potential solutions to the system’s bankruptcy would do to you.

A pithy review of all the options being floated for making Social Security solvent. www.forbes.com/sites/baldwi...

When Will Your Tax Refund Arrive? What To Know This Tax Filing Season Tax refunds are bigger this year for many taxpayers. Here’s how to track your refund, what could delay it, and why some taxpayers are waiting longer than expected.

If your tax refund isn't showing up when you expected it, this piece will be helpful. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

Three TSA officers, speaking anonymously for fear of retribution, told Forbes they resented seeing “unqualified” ICE workers “walking the airports” and “not helping TSA” while their colleagues faced a second missed paycheck.

50 Ways To Get Tax-Free Cash Or Benefits –And Leave The IRS Behind From everyday perks to little-known exemptions, here are 50 ways that the U.S. tax code lets you keep more of your money.

No, the income tax doesn't really tax all income. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

WaPo Deputy Opinion Editor is just straight up lying about Mamdani's estate tax proposal (in both tweets and an op-ed).

The bill contains a $1.75 million primary residence exemption, exempts retirement accounts, and the 50% marginal rate doesn’t kick in until $30 million.

Despite Its Infamous Oscar Envelope Mistake, PwC Still Counts The Vote After the historic Best Picture mix-up in 2017, the Academy tightened its safeguards. Here’s how accountants still protect the Oscar winners long before envelopes open.

The accountants counting the Oscar vote. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

Good morning!

Since Trump was re-elected, Forbes estimates—

💰His net worth is up $2.1 billion, to $6.4 billion

💰Eric’s is up 10x, to $400 million

💰Don Jr.’s is up 6x, to $300 million

💰19-year-old Barron is worth $150 million

And Jared became a billionaire last year.

Have a great day!

A New Confusing IRS Notice Could Mean A Long Wait For Your Tax Refund Lawmakers say that more than 800,000 taxpayers could receive CP53E notices tied to the phaseout of paper checks, potentially delaying some refunds for over 10 weeks.

Lawmakers say that more than 800,000 taxpayers could receive CP53E notices tied to the phaseout of paper checks, potentially delaying some refunds for over 10 weeks.
www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

A New Confusing IRS Notice Could Mean A Long Wait For Your Tax Refund Lawmakers say that more than 800,000 taxpayers could receive CP53E notices tied to the phaseout of paper checks, potentially delaying some refunds for over 10 weeks.

The IRS truly seems oblivious to taxpayer problems these days. Send out a notice with a phone number that gives you a recording--and no means to talk to a human. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

Tax Season Question: Who’s Running The Struggling IRS? Democratic Senators warn that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s legal authority to serve as Acting IRS Commissioner appears to have run out.

Meanwhile, back on the home front, who's running the struggling IRS? www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job The Social Security inspector general’s office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...

He allegedly said "he needed help transferring data from a thumb drive “to his personal computer so that he could ‘sanitize’ the data before using it at [the company.] ... [and] that he expected to receive a presidential pardon ... ." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Billionaires Are Swaying Elections in All Corners of America

Some serious reporting here, documenting billionaires' growing penchant/ability to swing elections. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

Warning: New IRS Instructions Limit ‘No Tax On Tips’ Deduction For Gig Workers With the tax filing season already underway, revised 1040 instructions make the tips deduction more complicated and limited for the self-employed.

What you get, when your create a temporary, confusing tax deduction for tips to fulfill a Trump campaign promise. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

How Confident Can You Be In The Person Preparing Your Tax Return? Most paid preparers aren’t subject to any licensing or competency standards. A new bipartisan bill tightens enforcement against bad preparers, but wouldn't regulate the industry

Most paid tax preparers aren't licensed or regulated. A bipartisan bill in Congress wouldn't change that, but it would crack down on the bad ones after the fact. www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

Sanders And Khanna Push National 5% Annual Billionaire Wealth Tax Backers project, based on Forbes’ billionaires list, that the tax would raise $4.4 trillion over ten years for childcare, housing and a $3,000 per person check to many Americans.

A much more dramatic proposal than the California wealth tax--the federal version would be 5% a year, not a one-time tax. @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/kellyp...

Startup MMI Wants To Use Mini Robots To Treat Alzheimer's MMI is starting FDA-approved human trials for its tiny robot to use needles the size of eyelashes to help clear waste from the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.

*NEW* In my latest @forbes.com feature, I wrote about the startup that’s starting early clinical trials to use a miniature robot to treat Alzheimer’s based on experimental operations done in China and elsewhere in Asia.

www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

How AI Could Wreck Your 401(k) Stocks have low earnings yields and TIPS have good yields. Move money from stocks into bonds.

The headline says AI. But the truth is, this applies to war, too. Those approaching retirement are often more heavily invested in stocks than they meant to be. www.forbes.com/sites/baldwi...

For Trump, the Iran Attack Is the Ultimate War of Choice

The must-read of the day. Although “war of choice” is actually a euphemism. It’s a war of whim, of ego, of madness. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

if you believe in any form of free enterprise at all, the idea that the Pentagon can not only cut off your contract but designate you a supply chain risk and prevent other companies from buying from you just because you won't build killbots for the government should be terrifying

A new car, home feel out of reach for middle-class Americans, poll finds Most renters — including those earning six figures — doubt they could afford a home in the foreseeable future.

While most Americans can afford basic necessities, half or more adults across income levels say larger expenses and the costs of a comfortable life — including healthcare, a new car, or taking a weeklong vacations — are out of reach. (gift link)
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