Social Security Fairness Act's boosted payments may be a year away

As a result of the law approved earlier this month, the beneficiary of social security who had been standing to support payments may need to wait a little higher for higher payments. Under a new law called the Social Security Law, members of the Diet agree to abolish two tax rules that reduce the benefits […]
Tick-tock. Social Security Fairness Act's nearing death without Senate vote scheduled – USA TODAY

Pressure is mounting on the Senate to vote on a bill that could hand back social security benefits that public sector workers feel they are entitled to. The Social Security Fairness Act, which repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), passed the U.S. House of Representatives in November and awaits […]
Yellen makes case for Inflation Reduction Act's clean energy tax credits in North Carolina

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday hailed the success of the Inflation Control Act's clean energy tax credit and argued that any effort to roll it back would be a “historic mistake.” “Some people want to eliminate the credits that I talked about today,” Yellen said at Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh, N.C. “As […]