Why ‘big beautiful bill’ doesn’t end taxes on Social Security benefits

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Asheville, N.C., Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Matt Rourke | AP The Social Security Administration sent what experts say is a misleading email to consumers last week, describing President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill” as “long-awaited tax relief to millions of older … Read more

When and How To Use Them

Are you given the transcript in the IELTS Listening test? Why do IELTS put the transcript in the answer key of their IELTS Cambridge Test books? Why does Liz give the transcript to her listening lessons? Lets learn a bit about the use of transcripts for the listening test and listening exercises. IELTS Listening Transcripts … Read more

IELTS Questions 2024 and 2025, January to December

Simone Braverman is the founder of IELTS-Blog.com and author of several popular IELTS preparation books, including Ace the IELTS, Target Band 7, the High Scorer’s Choice practice test series, and IELTS Success Formula. Since 2005 her work has helped 100,000’s of students worldwide achieve their target IELTS scores and live their dream lives. When Simone … Read more

Latest IELTS questions from Saudi Arabia – July 2025 (Academic Module)

With appreciation to our student S.F, we’re sharing the Writing questions from his recent Academic IELTS exam in Saudi Arabia: Writing test Writing task 1 (a report) The graph below shows the proportion of female students enrolled in four university courses from 1970 to 2015. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, … Read more