I-Team: Scrutinizing Stimulus Spending
A year after it passed the US Congress, the American Economic Recovery Act is being hailed as a victory by its supporters. But it has been criticized as a big deficit creator by its detractors. So the...
View ArticleTax Deal Dwarfs Stimulus Cost
MIAMI (CBS4) – When President Barack Obama unveiled his federal stimulus plan, many in both parties erupted over the $787 billion price tag. But now, Obama’s tax deal with Congressional Republicans...
View ArticleFL Finds Success In Paying Companies To Hire Workers
WEST MIAMI-DADE (CBS4) – Jerold Nelson was hard at work Thursday at his new job at Interactive Blue Communications (IBC), a small design and consulting firm in Miami-Dade. The 51 year-old husband and...
View ArticleOpinion: Mitt Romney’s Bailout Double Standard
W. Mitt Romney is currently running for President with a campaign strategy of twisting President Obama’s words to imply that the President has a “foreign outlook” and believes that business owners did...
View ArticleOpinion: Paul Ryan And His Little White Lies
Last night, Republican Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan addressed the Republican National Convention. After a shaky start, Ryan became comfortable with the TelePrompter and delivered a talking...
View ArticlePayroll Tax Likely To Rise After Fiscal Cliff
WASHINGTON (CBSMiami) – While much of the focus with the ongoing austerity crisis on Capitol Hill has been overall tax rates, both President Barack Obama and Republican Speaker of the House John...
View ArticleInitial Unemployment Claims Decline
WASHINGTON (CBSMiami) – The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits dropped to the lowest level the economy has seen since October 2007, before the Great Recession. Overall, the number of...
View ArticleIRS Launches ‘Get My Payment’ Tool To Help Americans Track Stimulus Money
(CBS Local) — The IRS has launched a website that gives you the ability to track the status of your economic stimulus payment from the federal government during the coronavirus pandemic. Get My...
View ArticleTrump’s Additional Unemployment Benefit: What We Know Right Now
(CBSNewYork) — Almost three weeks ago, President Trump issued an executive order meant to provide additional aid to the unemployed. The Lost Wages Assistance program (LWA), created by executive order,...
View ArticleTrump’s Additional $300 Unemployment Benefits Could Now Last Up To Six Weeks
(CBS Miami) — The nation’s unemployed received some good news last week. Those who qualify for the additional $300 in weekly federal unemployment benefits under the Lost Wages Assistance program (LWA)...
View ArticleStimulus Check Update: Will Americans See More Financial Aid Before The...
(CBSNewYork) — In recent weeks, hope of relief for the unemployed and struggling workers had grown increasingly faint. The first stimulus package is now a distant memory. President Trump’s Lost Wages...
View ArticleStimulus Check Update: What’s The Latest On A Second Payment Package?
(CBSNewYork) — Stimulus discussions are back on the table in Washington. Late last week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggested they would soon continue talks about a...
View ArticleMoody Warns Of Scams Tied To Stimulus Money
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – Attorney General Ashley Moody on Monday warned Floridians to be leery of stimulus-related scams, a day after President Donald Trump signed a massive coronavirus relief...
View Article‘Put The American People First’: Florida GOP Senator Marco Rubio Urges Biden...
MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio is calling on President-Elect Joe Biden to support increasing stimulus money from $600 to $2,000, on his first day in office as a show of unity following...
View ArticleHouse Approves $1.9 Trillion COVID Relief Bill
The House approved the final version of President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill on Wednesday.
View ArticleCPA From One Of The Largest South Florida Accounting Firms Breaks Down...
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The long-awaited stimulus checks will soon be on the way now that Congress passed a massive COVID relief bill. “On this vote, the yays are 220, the nays are 211, the motion is...
View ArticleExperts Believe New Child Tax Credit Could Potentially Have Profound Effect...
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The new child tax credit in the latest coronavirus economic relief plan will provide extra money to many American families. Experts believe it could potentially have a profound...
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