Tagged: taxes

• What the Price of Gasoline Is Made Of

  The retail price of gasoline breaks into crude oil, taxes, refining, and distribution, and each part comes from somewhere different.

• Old Savings Bonds: Do They Still Earn Interest?

  EE and I bonds earn interest for 30 years from issue; Series A through K bonds and Savings Notes stopped earning. What Treasury's pages say.

• Inherited IRA Rules: How the IRS Sorts Beneficiaries

  What two IRS pages state about inherited IRAs: the December 31, 2019 line, the 10-year rule, and the term eligible designated beneficiary.

• RMD Deadlines: When They Start and What a Miss Costs

  When required minimum distributions start at age 73, the two deadlines that matter, the penalty for missing one, and which accounts are exempt.

• Home Sale Capital Gains Exclusion: The $250,000 Rule

  How the $250,000/$500,000 home-sale exclusion works, the two-of-five-year test, and how a partial exclusion is figured when you don't fully qualify.