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The IRS issued updated life-expectancy tables for RMD calculations effective for 2025 (Tables I–III in Publication 590‑B) and those tables change the “distribution period” (life‑expectancy) factors us...
Inflation during Donald Trump’s first term (2017–2021) remained low and stable, averaging roughly 1.9–2.5% year‑over‑year and dipping to 1.2% in 2020 amid the COVID downturn, according to multiple ret...
Converting traditional IRA money to a Roth IRA can reduce the portion of your Social Security benefits that is taxed because qualified Roth withdrawals do not count toward the “combined income” the IR...
The most reliable headline measure for 2025 shows U.S. consumer prices rose roughly 3.0 percent over the year: the Joint Economic Committee summary reports CPI-U inflation for fiscal year 2025 at 3.01...
New York State does not tax Social Security benefits for residents: Social Security (including Tier 1 railroad and disability benefits) that appear on federal adjusted gross income can be subtracted w...
Independent data and contemporaneous analysis show mixed effects from Trump administration policies enacted in 2025: headline inflation has eased from 2024 peaks but remained above the Fed’s 2 percent...
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania does not tax Social Security benefits at the state level, but the federal government can and does tax a portion of Social Security benefits for many recipients dependi...
The map of America’s wealthiest counties is dominated by suburbs of tech and federal government hubs: recent reporting and compilations place Loudoun County, VA, and Bay‑Area counties such as San Mate...
Inflation rose sharply during President Biden’s term, with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increasing about 21.5% from January 2021 through January 2025 and average annual inflation near 5% over those ...
Annual CPI inflation averaged roughly 1.9% across Donald Trump’s 2017–2020 term and averaged near 5% across Joe Biden’s 2021–2024 term, reflecting a quiet pre‑pandemic period under Trump and a sharp p...
For 2026, the fixed IRS “combined income” thresholds that determine whether Social Security benefits become taxable remain unchanged — $25,000 for single filers and $32,000 for married filing jointly ...
Red and blue states differ in SNAP and TANF participation mainly because of population size, poverty rates, and state policy choices: large-population states (California, New York, Texas, Florida) acc...
Monthly CPI inflation during Donald Trump’s first term was generally low and stable, clustering around 1–2% annualized year‑over‑year rates until the COVID shock in 2020 when inflation briefly fell; m...
Inflation peaked at 9.1% in the 12 months ending June 2022 during the Biden presidency and Investopedia calculates Biden’s average year‑over‑year inflation at about 4.95% . Reporting from multiple out...
Federal SNAP spending is concentrated in the largest states by population: California alone receives over $1 billion per month in SNAP benefits, while nearly 42 million people nationwide participate a...
Early retirement “how much is enough” is not a single number but a calculation built from projected retirement spending, expected investment returns and the timing of guaranteed income like Social Sec...
Physical gold and other precious-metal bullion are treated by the IRS as collectibles, so gains realized on sales are capital gains taxed differently than ordinary securities: short-term gains (held o...
Core inflation (CPI excluding food and energy) was roughly 3.2% in December 2024 — described as “Biden’s last full month” — and was reported around 3.0% in September 2025, a modest decline under Presi...
The Social Security “break-even” age is the point when the cumulative dollars you’d receive by delaying benefits catch up with the cumulative dollars from claiming earlier; most mainstream analyses pu...
For 2026, whether Social Security benefits are taxable still depends on “combined income” — defined as modified adjusted gross income plus half of Social Security benefits — and fixed IRS base amounts...