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401(k) & IRA Early Withdrawal Penalties: an Expat’s Guide

5 Nov 2024, 9:50 am by Katelynn Minott, CPA & CEO

For example, you can make early withdrawals from 401(k)s, 403(b)s, and other non-IRA plans without penalty if you: Become unemployed at age 55 or later (age 50 for public safety employees covered under a government plan) Have accrued tax-deductible, unreimbursed medical expenses exceeding 7.5% of your adjusted gross income (AGI) Are the beneficiary of an account after the original account holder’s death Take a distribution (up to $1,000 or the vested account balance over… [read post]

Bright!Tax Blog - https://brighttax.com/blog/

What Kind of Dictatorship Would You Prefer? Does It Matter?

5 Nov 2024, 9:47 am by Neil H. Buchanan

Shortly before the 2020 election, Dylan Matthews at Vox wrote an interesting piece asking the question: "Is Trump a Fascist? [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

Court opinions issued Nov. 1-5, 2024

5 Nov 2024, 5:54 am by Ryan Mulvey

DHS (D.D.C) — denying the government’s motion for reconsideration of an order directing DHS to disclose a memo designating Somalia for Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) because the agency “failed to articulate, with reasonable specificity, a foreseeable harm that would likely result from its disclosure”; explaining how “the agency's summary judgment briefing and declarations provide no reason to believe that Somalia's TPS designation, or TPS… [read post]

FOIA Advisor - https://www.foiaadvisor.com

[Eugene Volokh] Can People Suing Sean Combs / P. Diddy for Sexual Assault Litigate as John or Jane Does? Judges Are Split

5 Nov 2024, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh

However, Plaintiff's interest in avoiding public scrutiny, or even embarrassment, does not outweigh the interests of both Combs and the public in "the customary and constitutionally-embedded presumption of openness in judicial proceedings. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

The Best of Us: In the Midst of a Roid Rage Election, a Reason to Have Hope

5 Nov 2024, 5:00 am by jonathanturley

Jonathan Turley is a Fox News Media contributor and the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. [read post]

Jonathan Turley - https://jonathanturley.org/

Ha, Ha, Thump: Why the Last Minute SNL Pitch for Harris is No Laughing Matter

5 Nov 2024, 3:00 am by jonathanturley

Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage. [read post]

Jonathan Turley - https://jonathanturley.org/

Talking Politics: Know When Employee Political Speech Is Protected at Work

5 Nov 2024, 2:19 am by Alyssa Lankford, Attorney, McAfee & Taft

Public employers may discipline employees when their speech runs afoul of a balancing test that compares the government’s interest in limiting the speech with the employee’s First Amendment rights. [read post]

Human Resources News - https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/

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