Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the category archives:
I thought I wasn’t able to take this credit, but the IRS said that I was and sent me more money than expected.
It’s Line 63, Schedule M. If you make less than $95K adjusted gross income, you can take this credit. It phases out if you make more than $75K AGI, but hey, better than [...]
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I’m a lapsed Catholic, so I don’t actually take Lent very seriously from a religious standpoint. I do like Lent because it’s a nice chance to restart goals from New Year’s that need to be jump-started.
For the most part, I know that saving money a few years ago in a piggy bank worked out pretty [...]
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I’m sure by now everyone’s seen Mrs. Micah’s totally awesome Mammoth 2009 Tax Credit & Deduction List. You can also get your tax refund split between multiple bank accounts, which has been available for a few years now.
But as of 2010, your tax refund can now be split and routed to the US Treasury Department [...]
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I made some trades last week in my IRA account and found out that trade commissions have been slashed. They’re now $7.95 instead of $19.95. YAY!
I thought my fees were lowered because I was buying a foreign stock, but I thought that was weird because I’ve bought this stock before and paid a higher fee. [...]
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Thanks to Chelsea and the TurboTax crew at Intuit for these freebies!
I’ve got TurboTax gift cards to give out. This for filing 2009 Federal and State returns. Each card has one of each. I’d use one myself, but I’ve got to file for DC and Virginia partial-year returns so I need more than 1 state [...]
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Despite what people say about DC real estate being more insulated from hits the closer you get to the White House, that just mean’s you aren’t getting slammed with 30% reductions in value.
I took a massive hit over last year, 13.2%. I’m now down to $129,000 in value on my condo and officially underwater as [...]
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After reading Boston Gal’s post about the DC bag tax, I remembered I should probably write about it.
I currently live in DC. I wouldn’t describe it as Downtown, but it is not far away.
I have a dog and a cat. I like plastic bags to scoop their poop. Because my dog likes to eat out [...]
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Seriously. I have no idea what to do with my money. I didn’t meet my goals last year. I’m falling on my face with this year’s goals. Since starting this blog I have only paid down about $5K in credit card debt (over 2.5 years).
My boyfriend has asked me to move in. I’m pretty excited [...]
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I just realized that today is also pay day for me.
I know that’s only a boon for me. But I’m trying to count my blessings today.
My federal taxes were done April 4th. Boyfriend mailed them out for me yesterday. My own fault for not remembering that an envelope comes WITH the tax forms inside the [...]
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Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: “I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization.”
I got that from a NYTimes Op-Ed today.
I never understood that about people saying they want to pay less in taxes. I mean yeah, I would like to pay less in taxes, but I find that paying them is a patriotic act because [...]
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