Thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the standard tax deduction will become $12,000 per person in 2018 — almost twice what it was in 2017 ($6,350). And, a married couple’s standard deduction increases ...

The bunching strategy involves grouping charitable contributions for a maximum tax benefit. “Ever since the 2017 Tax Cut & Jobs Act, most households don’t have enough charitable donations to clear the ...

MOVE. THAT. BUS! What may have been the tagline for “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” is what I’m close to screaming (along with some choice expletives) every time I see bus bunching. For those of you ...

Donating to charity isn’t just a way to have a positive impact on society – it’s also a savvy approach to reducing your tax liability. Schwab suggests people who donate to charity on an annual basis ...

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has been something of a mixed bag for high-net-worth families. The 260-basis-point cut of the top individual tax rate and the increased threshold to enter the highest ...

The standard deduction has more than doubled since enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017. Because of these increases, many clients who historically itemized deductions may find it ...

“Bus bunching” is a problem that bus transit systems around the world have been trying to solve for decades. Bus-tracking technology can be combined with simple control algorithms to improve the ...

Troy Segal is an editor and writer. She has 20+ years of experience covering personal finance, wealth management, and business news. Bunching is the combining of multiple odd-lot or round-lot orders ...

As someone who voluntarily sought to live in Chicago, I'm pretty tolerant of what seems to bother less willing transplants—the winters, those are brisk; the Cubs, that's a fan base that can appreciate ...

Transportation officials equipped with increasingly sophisticated technology are considering ways they can use traffic signal-prioritization not just to speed the progress of buses, but to solve bus ...