Each tax season, tax experts J.K. Lasser send useful articles to various personal finance bloggers to provide to their readers. I'd like to present you with this week's article about the dreaded "A" word: No one should be afraid to take a … [Read more...] about What You Should Know About Audits
Thanks to Single Ma for posting the links to various "Where's My Refund" sites, including Maryland's. By using the site, I was able to learn that my return was accepted, but that I was not getting my state refund! I could have waited for the letter … [Read more...] about I’m an Idiot: 2007 Tax Edition
Part of me enjoys doing taxes, but a larger part of me dreads doing them because I never know if I'm doing them right. I always worry whether I'm putting a number in the wrong place, or worse, not including a number that will then trigger an … [Read more...] about 2007 Federal and State Taxes Review
A couple weeks ago, I told you that we added another line to our Verizon Wireless Family Share Plan to be my wife's business line. They tried to pass a $25 "Activation Fee" on me but I refused it and they said they would credit the amount on the next … [Read more...] about Verizon Wireless actually got billing correct
Continuing with my Ways to Save Money Series, based on the Save to Quit eBook, I'd like to introduce an idea that many of you will find surprising: Paying Yourself First. If you follow the personal-finance world, you probably heard of this already, … [Read more...] about Ways to Save Money #5: Pay Yourself First
UPDATE: A comment reminded me that you might not all know my status. I graduated college with an undergrad about 7 years ago, but I just started my masters degree in fall 2007. Now back to the story: I found out something interesting this weekend. … [Read more...] about The Government is Paying My Student Loan Interest!
