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The IRS has announced the availability of expanded chatbot technology on the official IRS website to help answer basic questions for people receiving notices. The announcement…

Where we live shapes most every aspect of our lives. Many of us simply grew where we were planted. That is to say, home was where…

In the list of things you want to be doing around the holidays, fending off scam artists has to be at the bottom. And yet, the…

Following the dawn of the COVID-19 recession, Americans collectively accumulated a record $2.1 trillion in excess savings, according to research by the Federal Reserve Bank of…

Unfortunately, it happens all the time—a client’s longtime spouse dies, a new suitor swoops in, and they quickly marry against the advice of family, friends, and…

An imminent federal government shutdown could have catastrophic consequences for millions of student loan borrowers, advocates warned this week. A shutdown would directly impact Education Department…

The numbers: Contract signings on U.S. homes fell sharply in August, as the housing market was hammered by high rates and a scarcity of home listings. …

Can the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a Federal Government agency, protect unsophisticated consumers transacting in complex markets? It can but it doesn’t. I will illustrate…

Dear Moneyist, When preparing to sell our family home, I found an old will, or what appears to be a will, that my father wrote about…

Buying a car in the current auto market remains more difficult and expensive than it was pre-pandemic. Although some aspects of the industry are beginning to…