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Work-from-home scams and how to avoid them
September 10, 2020 / Ray Wills
As the coronavirus crisis causes unemployment numbers to increase, a trend has emerged: Many people are falling victim to work-from-home scams. Identifying these scams can be tricky, as work-from-home opportunities have skyrocketed due to nationwide stay-at-home orders.…
How the CARES Act impacts student loans
June 18, 2020 / Shelby White
Known as the CARES Act, the roughly $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package that was recently passed by the United States government is intended to reduce the financial pain felt by millions of Americans who have been affected by the measures taken to control the spread of COVID-19.…
Watch out for unemployment scams
June 05, 2020 / Ray Wills
In an elaborate scheme, scammers are stealing people’s identities, fraudulently filing for unemployment benefits and then directing the money to their own bank accounts or intercepting paper checks that are then paid out by state governments.…
IRS extends tax payment deadline to July 15, 2020
April 09, 2020 / Diana Sponseller
Taxpayers and businesses now have until July 15, 2020, to file and pay their taxes without penalty. This is a 90-day extension from the traditional deadline of April 15. The announcement from the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) comes as COVID-19 tightens…
