In November 2020 the Chancellor announced the new rates for the National Minimum Wage which will take effect from April 2021. Hourly Pay Rate Increases from 2021 The National Living Wage will be extended from those aged 25+ as it is currently to employees aged 23+. The rate will increase by 2.2% from £8.72 per […]
Archives for January 2021
Pickup trucks dominate America’s 10 best-selling vehicles of 2020
2021 Ford F-150 Limited Ford Look no further than the automotive industry’s best-selling vehicles of last year as proof of America’s love for pickup trucks. Led by trucks from the Detroit automakers, pickups accounted for five of the industry’s 10 best-selling vehicles in 2020 despite their increasingly higher prices and the coronavirus pandemic. Ford Motor’s […]
Listen: When an asset goes out of style
Tadas on the latest trend in investing: Alternative alternatives. Subscribe to The Goldmine podcast here.
Best ELSS 2021 – Top ELSS Funds for Investment in 2021-Up to 35% Return
Best ELSS 2021 – It’s the beginning of the new year 2021 and we have entered the last quarter (3 months) of the financial year. You might have completed tax planning and investment exercises. If not, it is the right time to make an investment and save tax. There are many tax saving investment options […]
The New PPP Loan and What You Need to Know. NOW.
There will be a second wave of PPP loans, and the latest forgiveness rule changes are favorable to borrowers. About “PPP2” A federal bill signed into law on December 27, 2020, injected $284 billion more into the Paycheck Protection Program, providing a second round of PPP loans for qualifying small businesses. These second-draw loans, or […]
Amazon to drop Parler from its web hosting service, citing violent posts
Parler CEO John Matze joins CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on July 2, 2020. CNBC Amazon has pulled the plug on Parler, a social media app popular with Trump supporters, in the wake of the deadly U.S. Capitol riot earlier this week. Amazon’s cloud-computing unit, Amazon Web Services (AWS), informed Parler on Saturday that it […]
Pence will attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration
U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a news conference at the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House February 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images WASHINGTON – Vice President Mike Pence will attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, a person familiar told […]
PPP application forms released
The US Small Business Administration and Treasury released borrower loan application forms Friday night for the rebooted Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which will launch Monday, initially for select lenders and borrowers before a broader opening takes place a few days later The forms are Form 2483 – Paycheck Protection Program Borrower Application Form and Form […]
Weekend Reading for Financial Planners (Jan 9-10)
Search Term: Author: Category:
Date set for limited PPP reopening
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) will reopen Monday for select lenders and borrowers, the U.S. Small Business Administration and Treasury announced Friday. The SBA and Treasury said in a news release that initially only community financial institutions that serve minority- and women-owned businesses will be able to make loans. Specifically, these community financial institutions can […]