The IRS on Tuesday launched its new free Direct File tax program in 12 states, including New Hampshire for taxpayers with simple returns who take the standard deduction. The IRS estimates that about one-third of all taxpayers in the pilot states are eligible for the program. The program, which has been up and running in a more limited form for a month, is available in both English and Spanish versions.
Bangor Savings Bank is seeking input from residents of New Hampshire to vote for nonprofits that deserve grants from the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation’s Community Matters More grant program.
New Hampshire Housing’s 2024 Homeownership Conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 26, at the Grappone Center, 70 Constitution Ave.
Crystal Dionne brings more than 25 years of financial expertise, including eight years as a member of the management team at Primary Bank, where she has served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
Once again, it’s time to hunker down and figure out how to get your finances in order. Pick one thing to fix. And if you pick a second, include depending on overdraft fees.
A historic rehabilitation tax credit bill that would focus on creating housing, similar to one that passed last year but didn’t make it into the state budget, is going before the legislature again this session.
A bill that would’ve raised the Granite State’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 was killed by the state Senate in February. It was the 10th year in a row legislation to raise the state’s minimum wage has been introduced but hasn’t gone anywhere.
When Primary Bank launched its Young Hero Scholarship Program at the beginning of the year, the goal was to discover service-oriented, community-minded high school students throughout the State. The most pleasant surprise was the volume and limitless generosity of so many high school-aged students in New Hampshire, which made it difficult to select only 12 from the pool of more than 50 applicants.
On December 11th, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) NH district office held its annual lender appreciation ceremony recognizing the top SBA lenders at the Manchester Historic Association’s Millyard Museum. The award program included welcoming remarks from Amy Bassett, SBA NH District Director, congratulatory remarks by Congressman Chris Pappas (D-NH-01), New Hampshire economic and workforce trends updates from Phil Sletten, Research Director at the NH Fiscal Policy Institute, and the presentation of awards by Tuesday Perkins, SBA NH Lender Relation Specialist. The room was at capacity with over 80 lenders participating.
You may have heard the term “financial literacy” and have a vague idea about what it means, but probably haven’t looked much deeper than that. Or maybe you have. New Hampshire, we can be proud to say, is one of nine states that gets a Grade B for its high school financial literacy education effort in the latest Center for Financial Literacy Report Card.
Credit card debt in the U.S. has risen to an all-time high of $1.08 trillion. Meanwhile, many consumers started their holiday shopping earlier than usual this year to make it more manageable.
New Hampshire Forbes 400 billionaire Rick Cohen moved up 58 spots to the 41st richest person in the U.S., and 110th in the world, with the release of the Forbes 400 U.S list this week.