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Justin B. Smith

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CEO of @semafor, Former CEO of Bloomberg Media / Atlantic Media / The Atlantic / The Week, and Founder of Quartz / Breaking Media / New Economy Forum
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Partner View / Hyundai’s Euisun Chung on scaling American investment Original

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By Justin B. Smith
| Semafor Verified
Leadership in View The global economy is entering a period in which many of the most consequential decisions are being made inside companies rather than governments. From supply chains and energy systems to the future of mobility, global CEOs are navigating forces reshaping the world economy in real time. I recently sat down with one of the leaders helping shape that future.
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Orange Blossom Classic Kickoff Press Conference Sets the Tone for 2026 Match in Miami Gardens

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By Justin Smith, Justin B. Smith
| Hy-Lo News
March 25, 2026 was a day filled with community, culture, and opportunity as the Orange Blossom Classic returned to center stage with its official kickoff press conference at the Miami Gardens Municipal Complex. The morning opened with remarks from Miami Gardens Mayor Rodney Harris, who set the tone by welcoming guests, teams, and stakeholders into the city with pride and purpose. “I welcome you all to the city of Miami Gardens.
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Guest notebook: The case for professional local government management in Alabama - Birmingham Business Journal

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By Justin B. Smith
| Birmingham Business Journal Verified
"With so many incredible professional local government managers ready and willing to serve their communities – has the council-manager form of government not taken off in Alabama," a guest columnist asks.
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Goodwin Advises FalconX on Expansion of Global Derivatives Footprint with Acquisition of Arbelos Markets

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By Justin B. Smith
| Goodwin
The Goodwin Technology M&A and Digital Currency & Blockchain teams advised FalconX on its acquisition of Arbelos Markets, a trading firm specializing in crypto derivatives. FalconX operates FalconX Bravo Inc., the first CFTC approved swap dealer focused on cryptocurrency derivatives, and this acquisition further reinforces FalconX’s commitment to expanding its derivatives business and strengthens its position as one of the largest crypto derivatives dealers in the market.
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Two Years of Semafor

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By Justin B. Smith, Ben Smith Verified
| Semafor Verified
When we announced on January 1 of 2022 that we planned to launch a new global news organization, it sounded a bit crazy — even to us. Skeptics, reasonably, questioned our grandiose goals: To fight polarization in a divided era and to bring a global lens to a splintering world — not to mention building a thriving business in a gloomy industry.
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Lessons from the "Crush!" iPad Pro Ad

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By Justin B. Smith
| Medium
Hugh Grant called the commercial a "destruction of human experience," while Reed Morano, director of The Handmaid's Tale, advised Apple to "read the room." While members of the creative audience questioned the originality of the concept, drawing comparisons to an ad for LG's Renoir 8MP camera-phone. Even brands like Arcade1Up and Samsung took the opportunity to poke fun at Apple's misstep, with Samsung's response ad highlighting that "Creativity cannot be crushed".
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Should Charitable Donations Be Tax Deductible?

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By Tracy Smith-Carrier, Justin B. Smith
| Alberta Views Verified
Associate professor of humanitarian studies and business at Royal Roads University Charitable tax deductions largely benefit wealthy people and businesses. These days fewer Canadians are making small charitable donations, with older and wealthier donors offsetting this. The top individual donors in Canada have incomes over $150,000. They need the financial boost offered by tax breaks not nearly as much as people who don’t have money to give in the first place.
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Welcome To The Post-Social Media Era In News

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By Justin B. Smith, Ben Smith Verified
| Semafor Verified
A year ago, we set out to invent a new global news brand designed to address the three big pain points in global news — bias and polarization, information overload, and the lack of global perspectives. We also talked then about building for a world after social media. That has arrived quicker than we expected.
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There is a tradition of drag in the military

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By Justin B. Smith
| Frederick News Post Verified
As has been amply documented elsewhere, the very same conservatives suddenly and alarmingly concerned about drag story times have been awfully quiet about the many veterans among them, most of whom have either dressed in drag or had brothers-in-arms do it for morale and entertainment. (Think World War II theater performances in which men would dress as women.) I know, because I’m an initiated and accepted chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy (though hardly conservative).
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2022 Year-End Tax Planning

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
CONTRIBUTED BY  JUSTIN SMITH, CPA ALABAMA — With 2022 quickly coming to an end, the time has come to prepare for the upcoming tax filing season and consider any last-minute moves to help put you in the best position possible. April 18, 2023, is the tax filing deadline. It can be extended through Oct. 15, but extending your filing deadline does not extend your payment deadline.
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How Many Kids Does DMX Have? The Truth About DMX's Children And His Surprising Net Worth

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By Justin B. Smith
| Suggest Verified
The hip-hop world was rocked by the recent news that DMX went into a vegetative state. The Grammy-nominated rapper has suffered from drug addiction throughout his career. He’s also had some public legal battles, landing him in jail multiple times. As another challenging chapter unfolds, many fans are wondering about DMX’s children. How many does he have, and how has a rollercoaster life impacted DMX’s net worth? Gossip Cop did some digging to uncover the truth about DMX’s kids and net worth.
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The Truth About Kelly Clarkson’s Divorce

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By Justin B. Smith
| Suggest Verified
Kelly Clarkson made reality TV history when she won the first-ever season of American Idol back in 2002. Since then, she’s achieved a ton of success as a singer and host of her own daytime talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show. For seven years, the Grammy award-winning singer had a picture-perfect life with music manager Brandon Blackstock. But over the last year, Clarkson’s divorce has clouded her world.
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Are my small business expenses deductible?

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
Contributed by Justin Smith, CPA Many taxpayers own small businesses, either as fulltime jobs or possibly as side hustles to their regular employment. If you fall into either category, you need to understand the basics of what is and is not deductible for a small business. First, many business owners will report income and expenses on Schedule C, which attaches to Form 1040.
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Impassable Fears, by Gravetemple

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By John Cratchley, Justin B. Smith, Kevin Breidenbach, David Victor Baldi
| Bandcamp Daily
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Small business tax deadline is March 15

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
By Justin Smith Many taxpayers own and operate small businesses as a full-time job or as a side job to make extra money. April 15 is well known as Tax Day, but many other dates are relevant as well. The due date for filing taxes (but not paying them) can be extended to Oct. 15, but the Partnership and S Corporation deadline is March 15 (and can be extended to Oct. 15). If you file as a Sole Proprietor for your small business or side gig, the normal April 15 deadline still applies.
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Put your tax refund to work for you

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
By Justin Smith The Internal Revenue Service reported approximately 49.8 million returns have been filed through the end of February, which tracks similarly to the same period in 2019. Of the returns filed to date, 37.4 million will receive refunds worth $117 billion, and averaging $3,125 per return. Further, 35 million of the 37 million returns filed have elected for a direct deposit.
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Tax credits boost your refund

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
By Justin Smith Tax credits are different, and often more valuable, than tax deductions because they are actual reductions in your income tax due. For example, a taxpayer in a 12% marginal tax bracket only reduces his tax bill by $120 with a $1,000 deduction. A taxpayer with a $1,000 tax credit reduces his tax bill by the full $1,000. Child Tax Credit One of the most family-friendly tax benefits is the Child Tax Credit.
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Key tax deductions for this year’s returns

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
By Justin Smith The 2019 standard deduction increased to $12,200 for single filers, $18,350 for heads of household and $24,400 for married filers. The standard deduction is an amount of money, based on your filing status, that you earn “tax free” each year. The IRS has increased those amounts again for 2020, so fewer taxpayers will itemize their deductions going forward. However, millions of taxpayers will still itemize deductions.
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Key documents to maximize your 2019 refund

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
By Justin Smith The 2020 tax filing season has opened! The Internal Revenue Service expects more than 150 million returns will be filed this year, and almost 75% of those are likely to receive a tax refund. The IRS indicated that the average tax refund in 2019 was $2,869, and statistics should be published soon to provide information on what 2020 tax refunds look like.
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Individual mandate is gone, the new deal with Form W-4

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
By Justin Smith The 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act repealed the penalty for not having medical insurance all year (the “individual mandate”), but it did not go into effect until 2019. That means there is no tax penalty to be paid this year if you were not covered! The 2018 penalty was $695 per adult and $347.50 per child on your tax return, or 2% of your annual income (whichever was greater).
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Tax considerations for self-employed individuals

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
By Justin Smith I have many clients who are either fully self-employed or have a side business in addition to their fulltime job. If you fall into this category, you may have special tax considerations that may enhance your tax return’s complexity. The IRS generally considers taxpayers to be self-employed if they carry on a trade or business as a sole proprietor or independent contractor (as opposed to an employee), are a member of a partnership or conduct a part-time or side business.
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Your child should invest in a Roth IRA

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
By Justin Smith For the Opelika Observer Parents desire to leave their children better off than they were themselves. That simple wish has long been part of the American dream. Most of us will spend many years and decades building wealth, with the hope of having enough remaining at the end of our lives to leave to the next generation. However, there is a simpler way to build your kids’ wealth – a Roth IRA.
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Year End Tax Planning Tips and Information

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
By Justin Smith For the Opelika Observer With 2019 nearly over, it’s time to prepare for filing your taxes. Let’s look at a number of tax tips that you should keep in mind before the year draws to a close. First, defer bonuses or other income into 2020 if possible. The additional income may push you into a higher tax bracket and increase your tax bill. Also, the IRS adjusts tax brackets slightly upward each year to account for inflation.
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A student’s voice: Violence is a crisis for black teens in Alabama.

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By Justin B. Smith
| AL.com Verified
Opinion Updated Oct 09, 2019; Posted Oct 09, 2019 By Justin Smith | Volunteer Students Demand Action for Gun Sense in America As a student gun safety activist, I have been heartbroken by the series of shootings that have injured high school students like me in the past month. Those shootings remind us of a fact that we don’t talk about enough: In Alabama and across the country, gun violence has a disproportionate impact on children and teens of color.
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By Man-Cheng Tang, Curt R. Fischer, Dan Tan, Angela Chu, Justin B. Smith, Zhuan Zhang, Neil K. Garg, Yi Tang, Jason V. Chari, Sundari Suresh, Molly Miranda
| American Chemical Society
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Compact by design: riding the VAT threshold

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By Justin B. Smith, Mark P Trotter
| UK Business Forums
If you’re a believer in the importance of entrepreneurism there’s something distinctly depressing about the idea of businesses deliberately limiting their growth to avoid breaching an arbitrary target. And yet that’s exactly the kind of behaviour the UK’s VAT regime promotes. As forum user STDFR33 once put it: “If you can't sell more, sell less, and remain under the threshold.” The UK’s VAT registration threshold, at £85,000, is the highest in the European Union.
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Tax season wrap-up: It’s never too early to start planning for next year

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
By Justin Smith For the Opelika Observer As this year’s regular tax filing season wraps up (don’t worry late filers – Lee County residents still have until July 31, and you have until September 15/October 15 for business/personal returns), there are several key items to think about to get ready for next year. First, as I wrote last week, make the best use of your options if you owe money to the government.
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Inspiring girls to pursue the sciences

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By Justin B. Smith
| Frederick News Post Verified
It was wonderful to see, in your April 2 Neighbors section, an above-the-fold photograph of the Boonsboro High School Physics Olympics team who had recently won first place in competition. Joyfully, I observed that three of the five olympians are young women. The photo and their achievement is a bracing reminder of the critical but too often unheralded contribution of women in STEM studies and career fields.
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How you should handle large tax bills: don’t ignore your taxes; they aren’t going away

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
By Justin Smith For the Opelika Observer No one likes to hear they have a large tax bill due at the end of the year. As an accountant, I do not look forward to communicating large tax bills to a client. However, once your tax return is prepared, completed and filed with a payment due, you have several options available for consideration. The first option is to pay the full amount due in a single payment.
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Lee County receives tax filing deadline extension

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
By Justin Smith For the Opelika Observer President Donald Trump recently approved a declaration naming Lee County as a disaster area after the severe weather and tornadoes that devastated our area on March 3. In line with that declaration, the Internal Revenue Service announced it would postpone tax filing deadline for individuals and business owners in Lee County. The normal filing deadline for individuals is April 15 (with a six-month extension until Oct. 15 upon request).
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How will you spend your tax refund? Consider your windfall to be found money; invest it strategically

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
By Justin Smith For the Opelika Observer The Internal Revenue Service reported that 67.7 million individual tax returns have been filed through March 8. Of those, approximately 53.4 million tax returns had a refund. To date, $161 billion in refunds have been issued averaging $3,008 per return. Interestingly, the IRS reports this is nearly unchanged from 2018, when 55.3 million refunds were issued, totaling $166 billion and averaging $3,004 per return through the first week of March.
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Self-employment business tax considerations: don’t miss out on tax deductions for business owners

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
By Justin Smith For the Opelika Observer Do you own a small business, either as your full-time job or as a side hustle? If so, taxes for your business are generally covered under self-employment tax laws. The IRS defines a trade or business as an activity carried out with the objective of making a profit. You do not actually have to make a profit in order to be in a trade or business as long as there is a profit motive, with the reasonable expectations of profits at some point in the future.
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Small business tax deadline is approaching, due date for Partnerships and S-Corporations is March 15

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By Justin B. Smith
| Opelika Observer Verified
By Justin Smith For the Opelika Observer Many people own and operate small businesses, either as their full-time job or as a side hustle in the current gig economy. While your sole proprietorship (reported on Schedule C of Form 1040) is due on April 15 with your individual tax return, businesses that are organized as partnerships and S corporations have a much shorter deadline. You may file for an automatic six-month extension, but it must be filed before March 15 to avoid late filing penalties.
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Understanding bolt torque will save you maintenance headaches in the long run

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By Justin B. Smith, Preston Ingalls
| Equipment World Verified
by Justin Smith and Preston Ingalls Well, it’s time to grab the reins and gain control. First, though, you must understand what exactly you are trying to control. Know, for example, that engine components are extremely sensitive to torque loads. Because of this, recommended torque settings and bolt tightening patterns must always be followed to avoid warping two mating surfaces or having a component break or distort because it doesn’t have room to expand as the engine heats up.
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Primary Care Physicians-The Best "Roadblock" to Innovation

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By Justin B. Smith
| LinkedIn
The number of interested parties (...roadblocks) is many. Perhaps one of the most difficult roadblocks is our system's commitment to primary care and the medical home. But I wouldn't have it any other way. And it's not difficult for the reason's you might think. Many of our primary care docs are very interested in innovation, digital health tools, convenience for our families and providing quality care in new ways. They aren't all standing in the way fighting for the good old days.
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Bloomberg Media — A New Direction – Justin B. Smith – Medium

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By Justin B. Smith
| Medium
Bloomberg L.P. has built a significant media business over the last 20 years. Our television, digital, magazine, radio and live event platforms span the globe. Our influence is considerable, but Bloomberg Media’s greatest potential has yet to still be realized. This will be a historic year for the media industry. Technology is disrupting every distribution platform. Consumers are redefining decades-old consumption habits.
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