The new moratorium could help keep millions in their homes as the coronavirus’ delta variant has spread and states have been slow to release federal rental aid.
Monthly payments of up to $300 per child under the age of six and up to $250 per child under the age of 17 are the result of a possibly temporary expansion of the child tax credit that is part of the COVID-19 relief package signed by President Joe Biden in March. Households that filed a 2020 or 2019 federal income tax return and claimed the regular child tax credit will get payments automatically. How does the expanded child tax credit work for divorced parents who alternate claiming their child? Should the person who claimed the child in 2020 opt out of the monthly tax credit? It is a question we took to Eric Freeman, a CPA and Tax Senior Manager for BeachFleischman.
The ability to work remotely has some high-wage earners moving to Tucson for a better climate and lower cost of living. That is causing a low vacancy rate and higher costs.
The Biden administration said Wednesday it is hiring more federal firefighters — and immediately raising their pay — as officials ramp up response efforts in the face of a severe drought that is setting the stage for another destructive summer of intense wildfires across the West.
Aiming to preserve a fragile bipartisan deal on infrastructure, President Joe Biden said Saturday he didn’t mean to suggest he would veto the bill unless Congress also passed a larger package to expand the social safety net.
The CDC has extended the eviction moratorium another month. Set to expire next Wednesday, now it will expire on July 31st. The department said this is anticipated to be the final extension given.
Some Pima County officials are hinting at the possibility of a legal challenge against the Tucson City Council’s vote to raise water rates on county residents.
Tucson’s Mayor and Council unanimously voted to approve the City of Tucson’s Fiscal Year 21/22 budget, which will take effect on July 1 through June 30, 2022.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors approved to spend more than $3 million in Community Development Block Grants and $250,000 on Emergency Solution Grants.
The water main on Royal Road is one of more than 30 projects the city has lined up over the next several years — all totaling about $15 million dollars.
We’ve had a week of record high temperatures, and that’s creating a challenging summer for electric companies as they try to keep up with the heat and high energy demand. Electric companies are asking customers to cut back on energy use as much as they can.
Kroger Health is giving away $5 million, reflecting a $1 million winner each week for five weeks, as well as 50 “groceries for a year,” 10 each week for five weeks.
Deal would keep higher-earning taxpayers from directly having to pay a new 3.5% surcharge to fund schools by capping their maximum tax at the current top rate of 4.5% and using general fund cash to pay schools the difference.
Former Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Taijaun Walker is reported to be the first known and active Major League Baseball player to create and sell a piece of digital art through a non-fungible token.
