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Sunday September 15, 2024
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Savvy Living
I plan on retiring in a few months and need health insurance until I can enroll in Medicare. What are my options?
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Washington News
On September 6, 2024, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) staff in Austin, Texas. Yellen praised the IRS staff for the improvements in taxpayer services. She started by noting, "Filing taxes, claiming credits and deductions, and getting refunds should be easy. But for too long, this too has not worked. It has been unpredictable and frustrating.”
The IRS has documented improvements in customer service. During filing season 2024, the IRS reached an 88% level of service. This was substantially better than the 15% level of service of the prior year. The IRS notes that the 28-minute average phone wait time in 2022 was reduced to an average of three minutes the next year. There also were a number of new Taxpayer Assistance Centers that enabled expanded in-person service.
Other enhancements occurred in the technology area. The...More |
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Personal Planner
Planning for retirement and senior care is very important. The activities of daily living for a senior person include...More |
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