Author: Elizabeth Blessing
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A single new form, Schedule 1-A, is where you claim the tips, overtime, car-loan and senior deductions
You may have heard about the new tax breaks for tips, overtime, car-loan interest, and older Americans and wondered where on earth you actually claim them. The answer is a single new form. The IRS created Schedule 1-A to gather all four deductions in one place, and knowing it exists is half the battle for…
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One in seven Americans has a share of $70 billion in unclaimed cash, and MissingMoney.com is the only free search
Somewhere in a state government’s hands there may be money with your name on it: a forgotten deposit, a final paycheck, an insurance payout, a utility refund that never reached you. Officials estimate about $70 billion in unclaimed property is sitting unclaimed nationwide, belonging to roughly one in seven Americans. The good news is that…
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A federal court has ordered four Spokane-area restaurants to pay $750,000 to 42 workers shorted on pay
When an employer agrees to pay back wages and then does not, the government can go to court and make it. That is what happened to a group of Washington restaurants, and the result is a federal order to pay $750,000 to 42 workers who were shorted on overtime and minimum wage. The case is…
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DC Water fired an older worker for a younger one and now owes $217,000 to settle a federal age-bias case
Losing a job in your fifties is hard enough without the suspicion that your age was the real reason. A federal case against one of the country’s larger public utilities put a dollar figure on that exact situation, and the number is nearly $217,000. For any worker over 40, the settlement is a plain reminder…
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Cash App is mailing part of a $120 million refund fund to customers it left exposed to fraud, and no claim is needed
If you used Cash App and ever ran into an unresolved fraud problem, a check may already be on its way to you, and you do not have to sign up, file a form, or click anything to get it. A federal order requires Cash App’s parent company to set aside as much as $120…
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34 fires and one death bring free repairs for Home Depot refrigerators
The financial consequence of the Galanz retro-refrigerator fire recall is easier to miss than the large number. An official source now fixes the amount, date and status for the Galanz retro-refrigerator fire recall. Reading the official pieces together shows what a consumer can do about the Galanz retro-refrigerator fire recall and what remains unresolved. Five…
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Minnesota ordered Xcel to refund $40.6 million after the utility’s crew cut a nuclear plant’s cables
A new primary record puts Minnesota’s order for an Xcel replacement-power refund into practical household terms. Timing, eligibility and remedy determine whether Minnesota’s order for an Xcel replacement-power refund changes a real budget. The official details of Minnesota’s order for an Xcel replacement-power refund are now clear enough to verify. The outage followed severed cables…
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Only about 12% of nursing homes will earn Medicare’s new September mark
Families encountering Medicare’s new risk-based nursing-home survey marker need more than a large number. They need the exact group covered, the present legal status and the next useful step for Medicare’s new risk-based nursing-home survey marker. The current primary record provides that map for Medicare’s new risk-based nursing-home survey marker. Five-star status alone is not…
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Medicare will make hospice list every drug and service it won’t cover
A new primary record puts Medicare’s mandatory hospice coverage addendum into practical household terms. Timing, eligibility and remedy determine whether Medicare’s mandatory hospice coverage addendum changes a real budget. The official details of Medicare’s mandatory hospice coverage addendum are now clear enough to verify. Every hospice election will require the addendum The Centers for Medicare…
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About 20 adult bed rail models were recalled this year, all refundable
Families encountering a year-long wave of adult portable bed-rail recalls need more than a large number. They need the exact group covered, the present legal status and the next useful step for a year-long wave of adult portable bed-rail recalls. The current primary record provides that map for a year-long wave of adult portable bed-rail…
