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Freelancers, gig workers, and other self-employed individuals face a hard deadline this Monday for their second-quarter estimated tax payment. Missing it triggers an automatic interest charge from the IRS at a 6% annual rate, and that interest compounds daily, not monthly or quarterly. For independent earners who already manage uneven cash flow, even a short…
More than 7 million federal student loan borrowers enrolled in the SAVE repayment plan are roughly 20 days away from receiving formal exit notices that will force them to choose a new repayment path or be automatically shifted into a plan with potentially higher monthly bills. The Department of Education confirmed that servicers will begin…
Self-employed workers, freelancers, and gig earners face a hard deadline on June 15 for their second-quarter estimated tax payment, covering income earned from April 1 through May 31. Anyone who underpays or skips the installment will owe IRS interest at a 6% annual rate that accrues daily on the shortfall until the balance is cleared….
Taxpayers who paid penalties on late-filed returns for tax years 2020 through 2023 have until July 10, 2026, to file protective refund claims with the IRS, a deadline tied to a federal court ruling that interpreted COVID-19 disaster relief provisions far more broadly than the agency itself has acknowledged. The clock is ticking: only 29…
Self-employed workers across the United States face a June 15, 2026 deadline to submit their second-quarter estimated tax payments to the IRS. Those who fall short will begin accruing interest at a 6 percent annual rate, compounded daily, on every dollar they owe. With four days left, the math is simple but unforgiving: each day…
Parents who borrowed federal Parent PLUS loans to help pay for a child’s college education face a hard deadline: they must consolidate those loans into a Direct Consolidation Loan before June 30, 2026, or permanently lose access to income-driven repayment and Public Service Loan Forgiveness. The cutoff traces directly to the One Big Beautiful Bill…
Federal student loan borrowers enrolled in the SAVE repayment plan face a hard deadline that is now less than three weeks away. Starting July 1, 2026, loan servicers will begin sending notices that instruct these borrowers to leave the plan and choose a different, legally authorized repayment option. Anyone who receives a notice will have…
Millions of taxpayers who filed without bank account details on their returns now face a new reality: the IRS will no longer drop a paper refund check in the mail as a default. Starting after Sept. 30, 2025, the agency began phasing out paper checks for individual filers, a shift that affects roughly 7% of…
Millions of non-pregnant adults ages 19 to 64 who receive Medicaid coverage will need to document 80 hours a month of work, volunteering, education, or job training to stay enrolled. The federal deadline is January 1, 2027, but states can start enforcing the rule earlier if they choose. With less than seven months until that…
Parents who borrowed federal PLUS loans to help pay for a child’s college education face a hard deadline: consolidate those loans into a Direct Consolidation Loan before June 30, 2026, or lose access to the only income-driven repayment plan available to them. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, enacted as H.R. 1 of the 119th…