Workers whose tax filing status changes during 2026 from married filing jointly to single or head of household have until December 1, 2026, to hand their employer a new Form W-4 for 2027. That is the IRS rule in Publication 505, the agency’s guide to tax withholding and estimated tax. A change that happens late…

eBay told investors on October 22 that its second layoff round of 2026 will cost between $130 million and $150 million in pre-tax charges, almost all of it severance and post-employment benefits. The online marketplace is cutting about 9% of its global workforce, and the company expects the reductions to be substantially complete by the…

Amazon says its seasonal employees who work at least 30 hours a week will be eligible for company health coverage beginning January 1, 2027. The company announced the change on October 20 alongside plans to hire more than 300,000 people for seasonal, part-time and full-time U.S. operations roles. Plans start at $5 a week with…

Up to 80,000 more Marylanders on food stamps will have to show they are working, volunteering or in a training program to keep their benefits, according to the Maryland Department of Human Services. The state counts them as additional recipients pulled in by a wider federal work rule. The department explains the change on its…

A new retiree who starts Social Security and then changes course has one way back: cancel the claim within 12 months and repay everything. Social Security’s cancel your benefits application page says a person can “cancel or withdraw your application up to 12 months after your benefit approval.” The page was last updated September 29,…

Social Security’s earnings limit has an end date for every worker: the month that person reaches full retirement age. Social Security says earnings in and after that month “won’t affect” benefits at all, no matter how much a retiree makes. Before that month, the agency can hold back part of the check. The rule matters…

Anyone who draws Supplemental Security Income and also earns a paycheck has a second date to watch. Social Security says it encourages wages to be reported by the 6th day of the month after the person is paid, four days ahead of the 10th-of-the-month deadline that applies to every SSI change. The 6th appears in…

MaineCare expansion adults will face a new work requirement at their first renewal in 2027, part of changes that take effect January 1, 2027 under the 2025 federal law known as H.R. 1. The same changes move renewals from every 12 months to every six and cut retroactive coverage from three months to one. Maine’s…

A veteran in full-time classroom training through the VA’s Veteran Readiness and Employment program, with no spouse or children to count, now receives $837.23 a month in subsistence allowance. The raise took effect October 1, 2026, and it is the Chapter 31 benefit paid to veterans while they train for work. The VA’s fiscal year…

Raising a family while retraining for work pays more under the VA’s Chapter 31 program than training alone does. A veteran in full-time classroom training with two dependents now receives $1,223.79 a month in subsistence allowance, after a 3 percent cost-of-living adjustment that took effect October 1, 2026. The figure comes from the VA’s fiscal…