The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Image source: Getty Images Paying taxes is something a lot of people only think about when they sit down in April to file a return. But it's helpful to understand the factors that can cause your tax bill to rise. That's a good thing, but the flip side is it may cause you to owe more taxes. First, contribute more to your IRA.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 29, 2024

While investors can buy and sell stocks in their brokerage account at any given time, the opportunity cost is paying capital gains taxes. Retirement accounts such as an IRA offer tax advantages you won't find in a traditional brokerage account. The point is that at some point, the IRS is paid some taxes.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 20, 2024

Amid recent struggles involving a one-time tax liability, growth in lower-margin first-party sales, and falling shipping revenue, the stock grew by only 8% over the last year. As MercadoLibre moves on from the tax liability and continues to capitalize on synergies in its home region, the stock is likely to continue moving higher.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In this same vein, do know that the Invesco fund's regular quarterly rebalancing creates recurring tax liabilities for positions held outside of tax-deferring retirement accounts. The ETF's annual turnover is on the order of 20% (although its actual capital gains distributions tend to be very, very small).

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2023

For most 401(k) plans, you have until the end of 2023 to contribute up to the limit, while IRA investors have until tax day of 2024 (April 15) to hit theirs. This is called tax loss harvesting , and it could potentially reduce your tax liability and eliminate some lemons in your portfolio.

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MAY 4, 2024

Two big ways to return capital to shareholders Despite yielding just 0.8%, Microsoft pays out more cash in dividends than any other U.S.-based While that's a massive amount of capital, these companies tend to spend even more on stock buybacks. Shareholders owe taxes on dividend income but not buybacks. based company : $20.7

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This is a function of investors being concerned following a July report from The Wall Street Journal that alleged legacy telecom companies utilizing lead-sheathed cables could face large environmental/health liabilities, as well as replacement costs. Furthermore, any potential liabilities would likely be determined by the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 23, 2024

Microsoft is on top of the AI world Microsoft recently unseated Apple as the world's largest company as measured by market capitalization, although the two are going back and forth this month over who is on top (Apple currently has it). Now positive performance momentum is accelerating again. Data source: Microsoft. Chart by author.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 17, 2024

Lacking a redemption mechanism, there was no way for arbitrage-minded investors to capitalize on the disparity in the short run. Yet for those who have invested in Bitcoin long enough to have sizable gains, the capital-gains tax liability that would come from switching from Grayscale to a rival Bitcoin ETF would be a deterrent.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 1, 2024

That doesn't mean I'm giving up altogether on capital appreciation. For most people most of the time, ordinary IRA contributions are deducted from taxable income; the Internal Revenue Service taxes this money like income when it's removed from these retirement accounts. I may decide to own none. But first things first.

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JULY 17, 2024

All three companies are well run and efficiently allocate capital. It nearly doubled its capital expenditures over the last five years, pouring money into new stores, existing store renovations, and Walmart+ -- its e-commerce home delivery option. ITW Return on Capital Employed data by YCharts. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The intimation is that the replacement of these cables, along with potential health-related liabilities, could be quite costly for telecom companies. It also fails to consider that any liability costs (if there are any) would be determined in the U.S. court system, and that would likely be a long process.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 23, 2024

But for many would-be entrepreneurs, using your home as company headquarters can be the best way to start a business without a lot of start-up capital. Forming an LLC can help you get a business bank account , and potentially save yourself money on taxes.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Berkshire Hathaway's substantial cash reserves also act as a buffer against any potential losses or liabilities that may arise from its operations, its investments, or a downturn in the broader economy. This approach allows him to benefit from the power of compounding and avoid unnecessary taxes.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

FCEVs can be charged more quickly than BEVs and have a much longer driving range, but they require more capital-intensive hydrogen charging stations to be built. million in total liabilities. Nikola is trying to differentiate itself from those competitors by selling more hydrogen-powered FCEVs. million for the full year. It had $256.3

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Over the prior 10-year period, the iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF has delivered a total return (assuming dividends were reinvested and without accounting for tax liabilities) of 216%. Its annualized yield presently stands at a generous 2.2%. SPX data by YCharts. SPX data by YCharts.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 15, 2024

This lack of new revenue channels, coupled with the company's forecast of higher capital expenditures tied to AI, have Slowinski believing Meta could underperform. Meanwhile, more than half of the company's pre-tax income during the March-ended quarter came from unsustainable sources (e.g., The company closed out March with $58.1

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 18, 2024

On the liability side, current liabilities increased by NT$113 billion, mainly due to the increase of NT$140 billion in accrued liabilities and others, partially offset by the decrease of NT$44 billion in accounts payable. dollar terms, our first-quarter capital expenditures totaled $5.77 trillion or $60 billion.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 13, 2024

Since our last report, we have also begun implementation work on both our new enterprisewide POS solution and our new human capital and payroll management system. Our adjusted effective tax rate was 23.1%, compared to 23.4%. per share negative impact, primarily from unfavorable general liability insurance claims. million.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Capital One Financial (NYSE: COF) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Oct 24, 2024 , 5:00 p.m. Welcome to the Capital One Q3 2024 earnings call. We're webcasting live over the Internet as usual and to access the call on the Internet, please log on to Capital One's website at capitalone.com and follow the links from there. billion or $4.41

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Let's start with tax. Tax preparation represents a $35 billion TAM. This includes $31 billion within the assisted consumer and business tax categories, which we have barely started to penetrate. Second, small businesses can file their taxes with TurboTax. Let me share more about the areas of focus this season.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Consumer group revenue growth reflects a strong finish to the tax extension season. We remain focused on transforming the assisted consumer and business tax categories with TurboTax Live. Our innovation in tax has accelerated in several areas. We believe this is Intuit's most exciting era yet. Third, QuickBooks.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 16, 2024

billion after tax and EPS of $0.76. I would highlight our continued capital strength with common equity Tier 1 capital of $197 billion. That amount of capital is $31 billion over the current regulatory minimums for our company. That capital has allowed us to both support our clients and returned $4.4

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

We're very pleased with Enact's operational strength's capital levels and consistent shareholder distributions. life insurance companies reported an estimated pre-tax loss of $18 million, driven by unfavorable mortality and higher new claims, as well as lower benefit from legal settlements. On a statutory accounting basis, the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Steve Bakke -- Vice President, Capital Markets and Investor Relations Thank you all for joining us today for Realty Income's fourth-quarter operating results conference call. billion merger with Spirit Realty Capital in an all-stock transaction in October, which closed subsequent to year-end on January 23rd. Please go ahead, sir.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

We generated $132 million of income before income taxes in Q3 and a $70 million of net income attributable to Coupang stockholders. We are exploring strategies to reduce the capital intensity of our real estate operations while also maintaining operational control over these strategic assets. That's my first question.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Our third quarter performance reflects continued positive momentum in growing our businesses, increasing capital efficiency, and pivoting our product suite to address the investing, insurance and retirement needs of our customers and clients around the world. Our strategic progress and performance are backed by our financial strength.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Stocks sold at a loss can be used to offset capital gains. So if you made money in your brokerage account this year, you've created a tax bill for yourself. If that applies to you, and you didn't pay estimated taxes on those earnings, then you may end up having to write the IRS a check this coming April. Get moving before Dec.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 24, 2024

Turning to Originations, our team did a great job generating $32 million in pre-tax income while continuing to be an industry leader in retention. And second, banks are reassessing their exposure to MSRs, due to regulatory capital concerns and the technology investments required to stay competitive relative to their reduced market share.

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JULY 18, 2024

Our consolidated pre-tax income increased 1% to $1.8 billion on a 2% increase in revenues to $10 billion, with a pre-tax profit margin of 18.1%. We plan to maintain a sufficient start pace and homes in inventory to meet demand while remaining focused on improving capital efficiency. per diluted share compared to $3.90

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 29, 2024

In addition, it also enables us to acquire bitcoin through the use of excess cash or proceeds from equity capital raises or corporate debt capital raises. These capital market levers allow us to deploy intelligent leverage to increase our Bitcoin holdings in a manner which we believe has created shareholder value.

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OCTOBER 9, 2024

Buffett alluded to the threat of a higher capital gains tax rate, which seemed to have faded since earlier this year, and selling Apple does help to clear the deck for Berkshire's tax liability. At this stage, Apple's potential gains seem more limited due to its valuation and market capitalization of around $3.5

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JANUARY 6, 2025

steel import levels; construction activity; demand for finished steel products; the expected capabilities, benefits, and timeline for construction of new facilities; the company's operations; the company's strategic growth plan; legal proceedings; the company's future results of operations; financial measures; and capital spending.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Unlike some other investments, real estate can earn you cash flow, it can have huge capital gains and appreciation. It also works by paying down your loan and there's tax benefits and to each investor they're going to value those benefits differently. Time horizon, assets, liability. So you're paying full taxes on it.

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JULY 24, 2024

billion of operating pre-tax income, and $2.43 Our 4% revenue growth at constant currency combined with greater than 200 basis points of operating pre-tax margin expansion drove 17% operating pre-tax income growth and 11% operating diluted earnings-per-share growth, highlighting our strong execution. billion in revenue, $2.8

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

See 3 “Double Down” stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of November 4, 2024 Consistent with previous reporting practices, adjusted production numbers cited in today's call are adjusted to exclude noncontrolling interest in Egypt and Egypt tax barrels. As we exceeded our production guidance while capital and costs were below guidance.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 18, 2024

GAAP and non-GAAP measures pertaining to our operating performance and capital results are on Slide 3. includes significant tax credits within the period. That said, core pre-tax income of $108 million does not reflect what the company is capable of. GAAP measures. Should you invest $1,000 in Ally Financial right now?

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