If you’re unfamiliar with Elf on the Shelf, here’s how it works: Parents stage the doll in different spots around the home ...

A few years ago, Kurt Neesley of Redondo Beach, California, was brainstorming where to put his family’s Elf on the Shelf for his three kids to find the next morning.

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Some 'no tax on tips' occupations might surprise you: Podcasters, social media influencers, plumbers and house painters. The new, special tax break on tips is retroactive and applies to eligible tip ...

Treasury posted a preliminary list of occupations that customarily and regularly receive tips for purposes of the “no tax on tips” provision of H.R. 1, P.L. 119-21, commonly known as the One Big ...

Alan: Let’s get going. We’ve all had a chance to think of some fresh names for our new value-added membership service. The last time we met we talked about calling it Gold or Platinum: if it works for ...

Creativity has been heralded as our last irreplaceable skill, the one thing machines could never touch. Yet in offices everywhere, teams hit the same walls: blank screens, stale ideas, the exhausting ...

NOTE: An earlier version of this story overestimated how much workers could save in federal taxes under President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” and did not apply progressive tax brackets. The ...

No one likes paying taxes, but they can feel especially painful if you're routinely working overtime and struggling to pay your bills, or if your income is heavily dependent on tips. President Donald ...

Artifical intelligence has been shown to help generate ideas, but there’s a tradeoff, according to a new study out of the Mack Institute for Innovation Management at the University of Pennsylvania’s ...

Inflation is the monster in the closet for many investors, and that's why Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) are objects of great interest lately. The government-guaranteed bonds are ...