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Rising health insurance costs drive Dutch to higher deductibles

NL Times

More Dutch residents are opting for the highest possible deductible of 885 euros for their health insurance to reduce monthly premiums, according to data from price comparison platform Independer. Independer’s data shows that nearly 59 percent of people switching insurers through their platform this year chose an additional health insurance policy, compared to 70 percent at the end of 2020. …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Education Budget: €748 mil. planned cuts scrapped, partly at expense of Health Budtget

NL Times

The coalition parties and four opposition parties have reached an agreement on scrapping 748 million euros of the planned cuts to the Education budget and where to find that money instead. Specialists will also face cuts to their “excesses” in salaries, CDA leader Henri Bontenbal said on Wednesday evening, after the deal was reached. We can live with this.” He …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

How gains through margin trading facility transactions are taxed in India

Live Mint

The margin trading facility is a powerful financial instrument. The tax treatment of this interest depends on whether the income from MTF transactions is categorized as capital gains or business income. While interest expenses on borrowed funds are capped at 20% of dividend income for dividends, no specific provision under the Income Tax Act allows the deduction of interest expenses …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Renewal Commission Of LIC Agent Is Hereditary: Jharkhand High Court Affirms Compensation Of ₹1.14 Crores To Widow

Live Law

The Jharkhand High Court has recently ruled that the renewal commission earned by a deceased LIC agent is hereditary and payable to the widow irrespective of whether the death is natural, homicidal, or accidental. As such, this renewal commission is hereditary commission and the same comes under the pecuniary advantage, which is payable after the death of her husband in …

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3 weeks ago

Loss Of FD Investments Doesn't Qualify As 'Trading Loss' For Deduction From Income U/S 28 Of Income Tax Act: Telangana HC

Live Law

The Telangana High Court has held that the loss of fixed deposit investments by an assessee does not qualify as a 'trading loss' for the purposes of claiming deduction from income under Section 28 of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Assessee claimed the aforesaid amount as deduction on the ground that the same is a trading loss under Section 28 …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Wilders rejects combined budget negotiations with Prime Minister Schoof

NL Times

Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right Party for Freedom, has rejected a proposal by Prime Minister Schoof to negotiate education, health care, and foreign aid budgets simultaneously. The debate over the education budget has exposed divisions within the Dutch coalition government, which comprises PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB and has no majority in the Senate. The opposition bloc—including D66, CDA, …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Health insurance deductible cuts at risk if Cabinet restores higher education budget

NL Times

Health Minister and PVV Deputy Minister Fleur Agema is “naturally” disappointed that the Cabinet may be unable to reduce the healthcare deductible by more than half. Under pressure from the opposition, the coalition must reduce planned education cuts and, according to the opposition parties, could pay for this with a smaller cut to the deductible. Agema could not rule out …

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1 month ago

Are OPD expenses incurred abroad covered in travel insurance?

Live Mint

If I come down with a high fever while abroad, can I claim this under my travel insurance plan? - Name withheld on request Most travel insurance plans cover both hospitalisation and OPD medical expenses. If you have a sufficient sum assured under this plan, you do not need to buy separate top-up health insurance. Most term insurance plans offer …

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1 month ago

Matt Gaetz paid witnesses in House ethics investigation more than $10,000 over Venmo

Salon

Matt Gaetz paid over $10,000 to two women who were witnesses in both the House and the Department of Justice investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct against him, according to a report from ABC News on Monday. Between 2017-2019, Gaetz made 27 separate Venmo payments ranging from $100 to $700 to the two witnesses for a combined sum of $10,224.02, …

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1 month ago

Pay first, deliver later: Some women are being asked to prepay for their baby

CNN

KFF Health News — In April, just 12 weeks into her pregnancy, Kathleen Clark was standing at the receptionist window of her OB-GYN’s office when she was asked to pay $960, the total the office estimated she would owe after she delivered. Medical billing and women’s health experts believe OB-GYN offices adopted the practice to manage the high cost of …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Trump made a lot of tax promises. Can he keep them?

CNN

CNN — Seeking to woo targeted groups of voters during his campaign, President-elect Donald Trump rolled out plans for a sweeping array of tax breaks, including promises to eliminate levies on tips, overtime pay and Social Security benefits, for millions of Americans. “Cutting taxes for the American people, cutting taxes on tips for hard working Americans, on Social Security for …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Health insurance premiums rising nearly €10 per month in 2025

NL Times

Zilveren Kruis, VGZ, and Menzis are increasing the monthly premium for their most popular basic health insurance by almost 10 euros next year. Holders of VGZ’s most popular basic health insurance policy will pay 157.30 euros next year, 10.35 euros more than this year. Menzis used the premium announcement to advocate for the healthcare allowance to be paid directly to …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Carbon emissions from private jets increased by 46% between 2019 and 2023, study finds - as billionaire owners including Taylor Swift create almost 500 times more CO2 in a year than the average person

Daily Mail

While the rest of us have been fretting about recycling and using paper straws, a new study shows that the super-wealthy have been polluting more than ever. Scientists from Linnaeus University in Sweden found that private jets produced 15.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2023, up 46 per cent from 2019. The study found that some private jet users …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tax breaks on auto loan interest may not help many Americans

Salon

When candidates make policy proposals on the campaign trail, they often sound beneficial but don't always hold up to closer scrutiny. Another recent example is Trump's suggestion during a speech at the Detroit Economic Club that his administration would make car loan interest fully tax deductible. Making car loan interest tax deductible might sound appealing, but likely would not change …

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2 months ago

Banks Can Claim Tax Deductions for Broken Period Interest on HTM Securities If Held as Trading Assets: Supreme Court

Live Law

The Supreme Court has ruled that banks can claim tax deductions for broken period interest on held to maturity (HTM) government securities if they are held as trading assets. This means that the broken period interest will be treated as a revenue expenditure, rather than a capital expenditure, and can be deducted from the bank's taxable income under the Income …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Using retirement savings to pay down debt is risky business. Do this instead

LA Times

After a 62-year-old spent the bulk of their pension to pay down debt, they face an uncertain future with little in retirement savings. The fine print on deducting medical expenses Dear Liz: I take $5,000 per month out of my brokerage account for my husband’s Alzheimer care facility where he now lives 24/7. You wrote that one of the disadvantages …

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3 months ago

Money Talk: A retirement catch-22 and health savings accounts

LA Times

To pay for their dream retirement home, a couple needs to tap their IRAs, but withdrawing the money will mean higher Medicare premiums. Answer: You have the right to appeal an increase in your premiums, but successful appeals usually require someone to have experienced a drop in income due to retirement, a spouse’s death or divorce, for example. Spreading the …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Money Talk: Health savings accounts offer big tax benefits. The trick is knowing when to use the funds

LA Times

Figuring out the ideal time to spend funds from health savings accounts can be tricky. Divorced spousal benefits, like spousal benefits for those who are still married, are based on the primary worker’s benefit at full retirement age. Spousal and divorced spousal benefits aren’t eligible for the delayed retirement credits that increase workers’ benefits when they delay applying for Social …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Policies stress full life-cycle services

China Daily

A senior plays Chinese chess with her grandson at a park in Beijing in May 2021. China plans to redouble its efforts in improving the quality of human resources and boosting the provision of childcare and basic elderly care services to promote its high-quality demographic development, according to a key policy document and experts. Cai Fang, chief expert of the …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tax treatment of delayed payments to micro, small businesses in for a tweak

Live Mint

NEW DELHI : The government introduced a tax provision last year to prod large corporations into paying their micro and small enterprise vendors in time, only to hear concerns that it could backfire on the intended beneficiaries. Policymakers, however, became worried that while the provision was meant to encourage timely payments to small businesses, large companies could refuse to do …

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8 months ago

Ozempic, Wegovy: Sanders launches Senate investigation into ‘outrageously high’ pricing of drugs

CNN

CNN — Sen. Bernie Sanders is taking aim at the high prices of the blockbuster drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. The Vermont senator, an independent who has long called out drug manufacturers for their costly products, is launching an investigation into the “outrageously high prices” Novo Nordisk charges for the drugs. “Further, if the prices for these products are not substantially …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Personal Loan Taxation: Are there any tax benefits on the amount borrowed?

Live Mint

Personal loans offer a flexible financial solution to address a wide range of personal needs. In general, a personal loan in India typically won’t have a significant impact on your tax filing in two primary ways: The loan amount is not considered taxable income. Nevertheless, there are some exceptions where you may be eligible to claim tax benefits on a …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Elon Musk using his charity for tax breaks: ‘Helping his own businesses’

Hindustan Times

Elon Musk, world’s second-richest person as per Forbes, heads SpaceX, Tesla and other companies while also controlling social media platform X. The billionaire also runs a charity with billions of dollars which has largely been “self-serving — making him eligible for enormous tax breaks and helping his businesses,” a report claimed. Elon Musk was required by law to ensure that …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Husband can't make ‘artificial’ cuts in salary for wife: Karnataka high court

Hindustan Times

The Karnataka high court on Monday ruled that “artificial” and extra deductions from the husband's salary, such as house rent recovery, and provident fund contributions, cannot be made deductible from the maintenance granted to an ex-wife. Karnataka High Court Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar said provident fund contributions, house rent recovery, furniture recovery, etc. The single judge bench dismissed the petition filed …

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Rising health insurance costs drive Dutch to higher deductibles

Education Budget: €748 mil. planned cuts scrapped, partly at expense of Health Budtget

How gains through margin trading facility transactions are taxed in India

Renewal Commission Of LIC Agent Is Hereditary: Jharkhand High Court Affirms Compensation Of ₹1.14 Crores To Widow

Loss Of FD Investments Doesn't Qualify As 'Trading Loss' For Deduction From Income U/S 28 Of Income Tax Act: Telangana HC

Wilders rejects combined budget negotiations with Prime Minister Schoof

Health insurance deductible cuts at risk if Cabinet restores higher education budget

Are OPD expenses incurred abroad covered in travel insurance?

Matt Gaetz paid witnesses in House ethics investigation more than $10,000 over Venmo

Pay first, deliver later: Some women are being asked to prepay for their baby

Trump made a lot of tax promises. Can he keep them?

Health insurance premiums rising nearly €10 per month in 2025

Carbon emissions from private jets increased by 46% between 2019 and 2023, study finds - as billionaire owners including Taylor Swift create almost 500 times more CO2 in a year than the average person

Tax breaks on auto loan interest may not help many Americans

Banks Can Claim Tax Deductions for Broken Period Interest on HTM Securities If Held as Trading Assets: Supreme Court

Using retirement savings to pay down debt is risky business. Do this instead

Money Talk: A retirement catch-22 and health savings accounts

Money Talk: Health savings accounts offer big tax benefits. The trick is knowing when to use the funds

Policies stress full life-cycle services

Tax treatment of delayed payments to micro, small businesses in for a tweak

Ozempic, Wegovy: Sanders launches Senate investigation into ‘outrageously high’ pricing of drugs

Personal Loan Taxation: Are there any tax benefits on the amount borrowed?

Elon Musk using his charity for tax breaks: ‘Helping his own businesses’

Husband can't make ‘artificial’ cuts in salary for wife: Karnataka high court