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RSSThe best thing about running a small business is that you aren’t limited to receiving a certain amount of income each month. You can have a phenomenally successful month if you get even one more new account, a repeat business deal, or find a new income stream. The downside is that some months can be slow. (Keep reading →)
There are a lot of strategies for reducing debt. My goal, which I hope to achieve in the next 6 months, is to have paid off all my credit card outstanding balances. Once that is paid off, I will start working on paying off my small mortgage of undergrad and grad student loans. (Keep reading →)
Did you know that credit cards can randomly change your plan because their marketing department decides you’re a good candidate for their new card?
Well, apparently, it’s true. I went online Friday to make an online payment to my account and received an error message saying I’d have to call a number. So I called, hoping that it was just a technical glitch… (Keep reading →)
After reading how tearing up credit card applications is not enough, I was motivated to go buy a cross-cut paper shredder. (Cross cut means the paper ends up as confetti rather than strips.) So today I headed into Staples to find my new machine. (Keep reading →)
To counterbalance my last post on audits, here are CNN Money’s top 5 missed tax deductions. (Keep reading →)
I’m not speaking from personal experience here, but a nifty article over at the Motley Fool reminds us that the IRS has been cracking down on delinquents.
Here are their top 5 audit myths or ‘I won’t get audited because (insert common audit myth here).’ (Keep reading →)
As a small business owner, I’ve been mulling over retirement options for the last year or two. Until last week, I was simply gathering information and trying to figure out just what options would be best. (Keep reading →)
According to Reuters, Fidelity will sponsor a financial services store on Amazon.
That apparently means they’ll be offering their 380+ funds and other financial services to Amazon customers - and in particular, those lucrative baby boomers headed for retirement. (Keep reading →)
According to Marketwatch, there are at least 10 different tax breaks related to education. Yet one-fourth of elibible taxpayers neglect to take the credits.
The article states that the money lost is a relatively small amount ($169 on average). Still, tuition and fees deductions can take off as much as $4000 in taxable income. (Keep reading →)
According to MSN Money, if you fill up your gas tank and pay with your debit card, the bank may freeze up to $75 in your account for up to 72 hours.
Because only PIN-based transactions are processed immediately, transactions where you don’t enter you PIN are batch processed sometime later. (Keep reading →)
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