February 16, 2010 – 3:10 pm
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps.
We’re now less than two months away from April 15th, the day the tax man gets his due. You may not even be thinking about your 1040 yet, but there are some very [...]
December 15, 2009 – 5:45 pm
Welcome to this week’s edition of our Tuesday Top 5, Econ4U’s weekly tips post to help you manage your money in five easy steps.
If you’re a small-business owner, you’ll want to pay close attention to today’s column. You may just qualify for one of the following deductions, which could save you major money on your taxes [...]
December 11, 2009 – 5:55 pm
If you’ve been judiciously saving up for your first home but didn’t make it in time for the $8,000 tax credit deadline on November 30, here’s an early Christmas present for you: The incentive has been extended through April 30, 2010.
The terms of the tax credit have been expanded to include current homeowners who meet [...]
September 28, 2009 – 5:04 pm
Pamela Anderson has been famous for her, well, physical assets for decades, but it turns out she isn’t as well endowed in the financial department.
According to People magazine, Los Angeles County records show she owes more than $1.1 million to creditors:
According to the documents, five different construction companies have filed liens against her home, the [...]
September 25, 2009 – 12:37 pm
On Tuesday, I blogged about one group’s state-by-state national scorecard of financial health (released this week), and it got me thinking: Why do more people not just move to where the jobs are? It seems like a no-brainer if you live in an economically depressed area to simply go somewhere with better opportunities.
Of course, there are [...]
Whether you’re starting a new job or moving to another state, it can be hard to set up a budget when you don’t know how much of your paycheck you get to take home after taxes and deductions.
PaycheckCity.com’s Net Pay Calculator takes the guesswork out. It’s a particularly useful tool if, for example, your job [...]
Kiplinger’s put together this list of 20 ways young people waste their money (although many of these bad habits are often held by folks old enough to know better).
Some of the tips are obvious: Don’t buy a new car or brand-name groceries, turn off your lights when you leave the room, cancel your cable to [...]
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April 15th has come and gone, but taxes are still very much in the news these days. The passage of a new $3.5 trillion budget (and the projected $1.75 trillion deficit) has a lot of people talking about the taxes we’ll need to pay all of this money back. In that vein, I was checking [...]
For a Capitol Hill staffer who has $70,000 in taxable income, and is paying taxes on a $250,000 property, the yearly tax difference could be substantial.
April 15, 2009 – 10:42 am
If you haven’t filed your tax returns yet, you’re not alone. The IRS is expecting to receive 20 million returns this week, which means about 16% of Americans put it off until the last minute. It’s not too late to file on time, but the midnight deadline is definitely approaching. If you owe the government [...]
