Just installed the new Chase app and I’m totally lost—where the hell do I find the upcoming ACH transfers? I haven't really used them before, so I have no clue if they were even visible in the old version.
Depends on how much longer you plan on sticking around. If you make it another 20 years, you’ll probably see about half that amount, assuming a gross pension of roughly $1333. But if you live to be 100? You'll get the whole thing.
ironcyclist58 said:How can you be so sure about that? Did you even consider that since early 2017, the new regulations kicked in requiring banks to report basically every single deposit to the IRS?
Not quite. Since January 2017, the IRS gets direct access to all checking account activity—something that wasn't happening before. You really think banks would bother manually reporting every little transaction on top of that?
The bank won't give you the time of day if it's under $35 The IRS might actually care about smaller amounts, though. Anyway, just use a checking account, not a savings account!
Nathan Morris3 said:So, I guess we basically concluded that things are pricey here in America, cheaper in Austria, but there are definitely places where it's even more expensive than the US, and maybe some places where it's actually cheaper than Austria. But honestly, I'm still wondering why it's so high in the US. I mean, are banks really struggling to stay afloat? (I know they had those issues with the Swiss clients). But compared to what people earn, it feels like way too much—take Ally Financial, for instance—paying $25 fees on a $10,000 transfer via online banking. It's just not the norm in America like it might be in Italy or the USA. I suppose it makes sense that teller services cost more, especially in places where labor is expensive. And yeah, a lot of banks in Austria have raised their rates lately, but there are enough direct banks in Austria and Germany where you can just skip the big, expensive banks entirely. If the market is open, I guess it's easy enough to find a way around it.
Something definitely feels off here. In the States, an online transfer doesn't care how much you're moving; most major banks cap those fees at maybe $2.
The United States Dollar isn't our local currency here, so transactions end up costing more. We could go down a rabbit hole about the decimals if you really want to talk about it... :-)