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Currently pi network is not tradable on binance or any other exchange because we are still in the enclosed mainnet.
Right now the only way to sell pi coins is by trading with a verified merchant.
What is a pi merchant?
A pi merchant is someone verified by pi network team and allowed to barter pi coins for goods and services.
Since pi network is not doing any pre-sale The only way exchanges like binance/huobi or crypto whales can get pi is by buying from miners. And a merchant stands in between the exchanges and the miners.
I will leave the telegram contact of my personal pi merchant. I and my friends has traded more than 6000pi coins successfully
Tele-gram
@Pi_vendor_247
Introduction to Indian Financial System ()Avanish Goel
The financial system of a country is an important tool for economic development of the country, as it helps in creation of wealth by linking savings with investments.
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The secret way to sell pi coins effortlessly.DOT TECH
Well as we all know pi isn't launched yet. But you can still sell your pi coins effortlessly because some whales in China are interested in holding massive pi coins. And they are willing to pay good money for it. If you are interested in selling I will leave a contact for you. Just telegram this number below. I sold about 3000 pi coins to him and he paid me immediately.
Telegram: @Pi_vendor_247
how to swap pi coins to foreign currency withdrawable.DOT TECH
As of my last update, Pi is still in the testing phase and is not tradable on any exchanges.
However, Pi Network has announced plans to launch its Testnet and Mainnet in the future, which may include listing Pi on exchanges.
The current method for selling pi coins involves exchanging them with a pi vendor who purchases pi coins for investment reasons.
If you want to sell your pi coins, reach out to a pi vendor and sell them to anyone looking to sell pi coins from any country around the globe.
Below is the contact information for my personal pi vendor.
Telegram: @Pi_vendor_247
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how to sell pi coins effectively (from 50 - 100k pi)DOT TECH
Anywhere in the world, including Africa, America, and Europe, you can sell Pi Network Coins online and receive cash through online payment options.
Pi has not yet been launched on any exchange because we are currently using the confined Mainnet. The planned launch date for Pi is June 28, 2026.
Reselling to investors who want to hold until the mainnet launch in 2026 is currently the sole way to sell.
Consequently, right now. All you need to do is select the right pi network provider.
Who is a pi merchant?
An individual who buys coins from miners on the pi network and resells them to investors hoping to hang onto them until the mainnet is launched is known as a pi merchant.
debuts.
I'll provide you the Telegram username
@Pi_vendor_247
how to sell pi coins on Bitmart crypto exchangeDOT TECH
Yes. Pi network coins can be exchanged but not on bitmart exchange. Because pi network is still in the enclosed mainnet. The only way pioneers are able to trade pi coins is by reselling the pi coins to pi verified merchants.
A verified merchant is someone who buys pi network coins and resell it to exchanges looking forward to hold till mainnet launch.
I will leave the telegram contact of my personal pi merchant to trade with.
@Pi_vendor_247
What price will pi network be listed on exchangesDOT TECH
The rate at which pi will be listed is practically unknown. But due to speculations surrounding it the predicted rate is tends to be from 30$ — 50$.
So if you are interested in selling your pi network coins at a high rate tho. Or you can't wait till the mainnet launch in 2026. You can easily trade your pi coins with a merchant.
A merchant is someone who buys pi coins from miners and resell them to Investors looking forward to hold massive quantities till mainnet launch.
I will leave the telegram contact of my personal pi vendor to trade with.
@Pi_vendor_247
where can I find a legit pi merchant onlineDOT TECH
Yes. This is very easy what you need is a recommendation from someone who has successfully traded pi coins before with a merchant.
Who is a pi merchant?
A pi merchant is someone who buys pi network coins and resell them to Investors looking forward to hold thousands of pi coins before the open mainnet.
I will leave the telegram contact of my personal pi merchant to trade with
@Pi_vendor_247
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NJCFE Webinar-TCJA-Income Tax Update
1. Income Tax Update: What
You Need to Know About the
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Barbara O’Neill, Ph.D., CFP®, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
boneill@njaes.rutgers.edu
3. Background:
Major Taxes Paid in the U.S.
Taxes on Purchases
– Sales tax and excise tax (e.g., gas, cigarettes)
Taxes on Property
– Real estate property tax
– Personal property tax
Taxes on Wealth
– Federal estate tax
– State inheritance tax
Taxes on Earnings
– Income tax and Social Security tax
4. Background: The Progressive
Nature of Federal Income Tax
• Progressive tax – Takes a larger percentage
of income from high-income taxpayers than
low-income taxpayers.
– Federal income tax
• Regressive tax – Takes a decreasing
percentage of income as income increases.
– State sales tax
5. Background: Marginal Tax Rate Is
Applied to the Last Dollar Earned
• Marginal Tax Bracket (MTB) – Income-range
segments that are taxed at increasing rates as
income goes up
• Marginal Tax Rate – The tax rate applied to your
last dollar of earnings
• Established by Congress and change periodically
• Major overhaul of federal income tax rates in TCJA
6. Background: Tax Credit Versus
Tax Deduction
$100 Tax Credit
Reduces Your Taxes by $100
$100 Tax Deduction
Amount Your Taxes are Reduced
is Based on Your Tax Bracket
Example: $5,000 x .22% mtb = $1,100 of tax savings; $3,900 net cost
7. Background:
Types of Deductions
Deduction = An amount subtracted from gross income to
reduce the amount of income subject to tax.
• Standard Deduction- Amount established each year by tax
code; no need to itemize deductions; amount is based on a
taxpayer's filing status, age, etc; no receipts needed
• Itemized Deduction- Specific amounts spent on certain
goods and services throughout the year; allowed deductions
are outlined by the IRS and include such expenditures as
mortgage interest and charitable donations
www.investopedia.com/terms/i/itemizeddeduction.asp#ixzz1zxopAxpP
www.money-zine.com/Calculators/Mortgage-Calculators/Mortgage-Tax-
Deduction-Calculator/ (Mortgage tax deduction calculator)
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8. Background: Itemizing Required
for Charitable Gift Benefits
• If you claim the standard deduction on your tax
return, charitable gifts will not provide a tax benefit
– Psychic benefits of giving to charity are another issue
• You must itemize expenses on Schedule A to deduct
charitable donations.
9. Background: Refundable and
Non-Refundable Tax Credits
• Refundable: When tax credits are greater than the
amount of tax you owe, the IRS sends you a tax
refund for the difference
– Example: Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
• Non-Refundable: Credit can’t be used to increase
your tax refund or to create a tax refund when you
wouldn’t have already had one. In other words, your
savings cannot exceed the amount of tax you owe.
– Example: Child and Dependent Care Expenses Credit
10. Background: Tax-Rate
Schedules and Tax Tables
• Tax-Rate Schedules – Used by filers with a taxable
income of $100,000 or more; requires a mathematical
computation to determine tax liability
• Tax Tables – Used to look up one’s tax liability
according to tax filing status and income range
13. Background: Impact of W-4
Form Decisions on Net Pay
0 allowances = max taxes deducted* =
Smaller take home pay =
Larger tax refund
+ allowances = less taxes deducted =
Larger take home pay =
Smaller tax refund
NOTE: Taxpayers can add extra withholding beyond “0” allowances; e.g., +$50 more
14. General Tax Planning
Strategies to Minimize Taxes
If you expect Then you should Because
The same or a
lower tax rate next
year
Accelerate
deductions into this
year
Greater benefit to
higher rate
The same tax rate
next year
Delay income into
next year
Delay paying taxes
A higher tax rate
next year
Delay deductions Greater benefit
Accelerate income Taxed at lower rate
15. Background:
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
– Paid by taxpayers with high amounts of certain
deductions and various types of income
– Designed to ensure that those who receive tax
breaks also pay their fair share of taxes
– Has increasingly been affecting less affluent
taxpayers, especially in high-tax states (e.g., NJ)
– A high proportion of long-term capital gains to
ordinary income can trigger the AMT
16. Background: Tax Avoidance
and Tax Evasion
Tax Avoidance (Minimization)
– Legitimate methods to reduce your tax obligation
to your fair share but no more
(e.g., deductions, credits, tax-deferred/tax-free investing)
Tax Evasion
– Illegally not paying taxes you owe, such as not
reporting all income or overstating deductions
18. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed by the U.S. Senate and
House of Representatives in late December 2017 and signed by
President Trump on December 22, 2017.
This law will impact individual taxpayers and businesses on a
scale that has not been seen in over 30 years.
20. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act #1
• Eight year period of lower individual tax rates from
2018 through 2025 with seven temporary tax rate
brackets ranging from 10% to 37%
• Elimination of personal exemptions (from 2018-2025)
• Nearly double the standard deduction ($12,000 for
singles and $24,000 for married couples filing jointly
in 2018)
– Fewer people will benefit from itemized deductions
22. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act #2
• $10,000 cap for state and local tax (SALT)
deductions (e.g., state income tax and municipal
property tax) for taxpayers who itemize; NOT
indexed for inflation
• Repeal of all miscellaneous deductions that were
previously subject to 2% of adjusted gross income
(AGI) floor (e.g., union dues, uniform expenses,
unreimbursed business expenses, tax prep fees)
• Enhanced child tax credit of $2,000 per qualifying
child; $1,400 of the credit is refundable
23. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act #3
• Lower medical expenses deduction threshold of
7.5% of AGI for tax years 2017 and 2018
– NJ income tax floor is 2% of AGI- Save receipts!!
• Retains the alternative minimum tax for individuals
with higher AMT exemption amounts from 2018
through 2025; fewer people will be affected by AMT
• 529 college savings plan distributions can be used
(within the annual limit of $10,000 per student) for
private elementary and secondary school expenses
and homeschooling expenses
24. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act #4
• Tax-deductible interest is capped on mortgage debt
(called acquisition indebtedness) up to $750,000 on
new mortgages
– For mortgages taken out before December 15, 2017, the
previous $1 million debt limit for mortgage interest remains
• Chained CPI (consumer price index) will be used for
future indexing,
– Will result in lower inflation adjustments than the previously
used CPI measure
25. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act #5
• Interest on home equity loans may or may not be
deductible from 2018-2025; if not, no “grandfathering”
available for existing home equity loans
– TCJA originally eliminated the deduction for all
home equity debt regardless of when it occurred
– Informational Release 2018-32 added clarification:
“The TCJA suspends the deduction for interest paid
on home equity loans and lines of credit when they
are used for something other than the purchase of,
building of, or substantial improvement of that
taxpayers home that secures the loan” (so home
equity loans are still deductible if related to a home itself)
26. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act #6
• The moving expense deduction is suspended from
2018 through 2025 with the exception of the
moving and storage expenses of service members
• The estate tax exclusion was raised to $11.2 million
for individuals and $22.4 million for married couples
(with proper planning to double the individual
exemption; i.e., portability) from 2018 through 2025
• Student loan interest deduction up to $2,500
remains unchanged (above-the-line deduction even
if you don’t itemize); ditto for education tax credits
27. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act #7
• The Affordable Care Act shared responsibility
payment remains in effect for 2017 and 2018 and is
$0 beginning in 2019
• Alimony is no longer deductible by spouses who pay
or taxable to recipient spouses for divorce decrees
signed after December 31, 2018
• Uninsured casualty losses can only be deducted if
they are attributable to a federally declared disaster
and exceed 10% of AGI
• TCJA slams NJ harder than any other state:
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/03/trump_tax_plan_hits_nj_hard
er_than_any_other_state.html
28. What to Do About Your Income
Tax Withholding?
• Check your expected tax impact as a result of the
TCJA with an online calculator:
– http://tpc-tax-calculator.urban.org/
– http://taxplancalculator.com/calc
– https://taxfoundation.org/2018-tax-reform-calculator/
• Determine the change in your tax withholding starting
with first revised paycheck of 2018; multiply this
amount by the number of remaining paychecks
• Compare the two numbers; adjust W-4 form as
needed
29. What to Do About the SALT Cap?
• Consider downsizing to a smaller home in your
current town to have lower property taxes
• Consider moving to another town that has lower
property taxes (Trenton, NJ to Morrisville, PA)
• Suck it up and pay more federal income tax
30. What to Do About the Loss of
Business Expense Deductions?
• Say “no” to actions that require unreimbursed, non-
deductible expenses (e.g., hold a teleconference
instead of driving)
• Establish a consulting business (consistent with
employer policies) to deduct expenses against (e.g.,
professional dues)
• Pay now non-deductible employee business
expenses fully out-of-pocket (i.e., pay more income
tax)
31. What to Do About the Loss of
Charitable Contribution Deduction?
• “Make Yourself Whole” Strategy- Give what you used
to give out-of-pocket (i.e., after taking tax deductions)-
now that you can no longer itemize
• Donate appreciated assets instead of cash (to avoid
capital gains taxes)
• If over 70 ½, donate from an IRA (so RMD does not
count as income to the donor)
• “Bunch” donation funds into target years, using a
donor-advised fund to distribute funds to charities
33. Recommended Resource
“The Bible”:
Annual Limits Relating to Financial Planning
(College for Financial Planning):
https://www.cffpinfo.com/assets/2017_annual_limits.pdf
34. Federal Tax Rates
Rutgers Cooperative Extension Tax Information web
page: http://njaes.rutgers.edu/money/taxinfo/
35. Nerd’s Eye View Blog Post
For a through description and analysis of the Tax Cuts and
Jobs Act, review the blog post Individual Tax Planning Under
the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act written by Michael Kitces.
36. TCJA Tax Law Calculators
• Tax Bill Calculator: Will Your Taxes Go Up or Down? (The
New York Times):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/17/upshot/tax-
calculator.html?em_pos=small&emc=edit_up_20171218&nl=u
pshot&nl_art=0&nlid=77794120&ref=headline&te=1
• Tax Calculator: What Tax Reform Means For You (Fox
Business):
http://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/2017/12/19/tax-
calculator-what-tax-reform-means-for.html
• Be sure to check the underlying assumptions!
• You will get a rough estimate-not an exact number
37. TCJA Tax Law Resources
• Congress Passes Sweeping New Tax Legislation (Iowa State University):
https://www.calt.iastate.edu/blogpost/congress-passes-sweeping-new-tax-
legislation
• Details of the Conference Report for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax
Foundation): https://taxfoundation.org/conference-report-tax-cuts-and-jobs-
act/
• Preliminary Details and Analysis of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax
Foundation): https://taxfoundation.org/final-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-details-
analysis/
• Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Summary (CCH Incorporated and Wolters Kluwer):
https://goo.gl/CtJMAq
• The Final GOP Tax Bill is Complete. Here’s What Is In It (The Washington
Post): https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/12/15/the-final-
gop-tax-bill-is-complete-heres-what-is-in-it/?utm_term=.b82bad4b0124