Economic Relief
A Phoenix Couple Had No Savings and a Layoff in the Same Month — Here’s What the IRS Actually Owed Them
Most people assume that if you’re living paycheck to paycheck, the tax system has nothing…
Articles by Vivienne Marlowe Reyes
Benefits
High Income Didn’t Protect Him: A Union Electrician’s $89,000 Loan Crisis and the Insurance Cancellation That Changed Everything
The assumption that a high income means financial security is one of the most persistent…
Economic Relief
He Had Zero Retirement Savings and Stolen Credit at 60 — What a Tax Clinic Volunteer Told Him He’d Been Missing
The waiting room at the free VITA tax clinic inside the San Jose Public Library…
Benefits
His Workers’ Comp Was Denied After a Loading Dock Injury — Then a $4,200 Property Tax Bill Arrived
Roughly 7 in 10 disputed workers’ compensation claims take more than six months to resolve,…
Economic Relief
A Factory Worker in Arkansas Owed $19,000 in Home Repairs. Here’s What the Federal Tax Credit Actually Helped With
The man in line behind me at the QuikTrip on Cantrell Road was talking fast…
Benefits
After His Wife’s Layoff, This Raleigh Couple Discovered a Health Insurance Credit That Saved Them $1,060 a Month
Have you ever avoided opening a bill because you already knew the number inside would…
Economic Relief
My Husband Was Laid Off and We Had No Health Insurance — Then I Found a Tax Credit Worth Over $4,000 a Year
Have you ever stood at a gas pump and realized the person next to you…
Benefits
He Owed $47,000 in Student Loans at 64 — And His Retirement Clock Was Already Running
Most people assume that reaching your mid-sixties with a union pension and a skilled trade…
Economic Relief
This Sacramento Uber Driver Thought She Earned Too Much for Tax Credits — She Was Wrong by $3,200
The first time I heard Lucille Matsuda’s name, I was standing in the parking lot…
Economic Relief
A Barber in Albuquerque Had No Idea He Qualified for $800 in Monthly Health Insurance Subsidies — Until He Sat Next to Me at the SSA Office
Roughly 1 in 4 self-employed Americans who purchase health insurance on the individual market are…