Taxes

5 New Tax Lessons for 2012

It’s February 1st and while for most Americans, taxes are still a distant thought, my business taxes were filed last weekend and my personal taxes are “in the envelope,” so to speak. I’m not trying to be an A+ student, I simply want my money back. While I strive for the $0 refund every year, [...]

Radio Interview: Tips for Tax Time

I recently had an amazing opportunity to share some tax-time tips with a wide radio audience. The interview aired this Sunday on many of the K-Love affiliates throughout the country. Hear the audio and revisit my best tips here!

Who Should Bear the Cost of Public Education?

A reader recently remarked that it’s unfair for her, a single woman with no kids, to be paying for other people’s public education. What’s your take?

TurboTax Online Rocks My World Every Year

I just finished up filing my taxes with TurboTax Online for the 5th or 6th year in a row. I just love this software!

2011 Tax-Time Tips: 3rd Edition

Tax time is always a fun time in our house–mostly because I try to get them done as fast as possible. Here are a few of my tips for 2010.

January is Here: Time to Adjust Your W-4

I start every year by calculating my estimated tax burden and adjusting my W-4 accordingly. Here’s the best tool I’ve found for this purpose.

Tips for a Smaller Headache This Tax Season

Today, I share my top four tax tips that we’ve used for many years. What are your favorite tax strategies? Feel free to share them here!

5 Important Tasks After a New Baby’s Birth

We have a date set for the birth of our baby boy! Here are 6 things we’ll take care of immediately after that are often overlooked.

Where is My Tax Money Spent? A Visual Guide

Today, I’d like to introduce my readers to a wonderful resource I found a few weeks ago that can tell you exactly where your tax money is going. Produced by Jess Backman at WallStats.com, this 6-square-foot poster of goodness describes, in painstakingly articulate detail, each branch and department of government and how much of the [...]

Lessons Learned From My 2008 Taxes

I finally got around to completing my taxes for 2008 today (thanks to the craziness of moving a few weeks ago, and not being able to figure out if I had accounted for all my information in the process). The middle of March is pretty late for tax filing for me, as I usually try [...]

Why Tax Refunds are Bad

Fiscal Fizzle’s debut post–why tax refunds are not good to receive, and my own pursuit of the ever-elusive $0 refund.

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