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What To Do if Someone Else Filed A Tax Return in Your Name

Now that we have less than a week to go until the official close of tax season, as many as a quarter of American taxpayers are working diligently to file their returns last minute. It’s nice to have it behind you, but it might mean that you are too late to file your own return […] More
in Taxes

Calculate Your Taxes Based On Presidential Candidate Plans

The 2016 presidential campaign is an unusual one, full of constant controversy and races that are still competitive on both sides (despite the comments of both front-runners). With the collective campaign noise, it can be difficult to sort out the candidate’s real stand on issues that affect you. Help is available, at least with respect […] More
in Personal Finance

Is OnStar Worth the Price You Pay for Service?

It wasn’t long ago when a friend asked me an honest question as we were driving to a new restaurant and needed directions. I pushed the button on my dash for OnStar to provide an address and have turn-by-turn directions sent to my SUV. She asked if the price I pay every month is really […] More
in Taxes

Four Of The Most Popular Tax Credits Many of Us Qualify For

Tax deductions are always useful, but tax credits are even more so. Deductions only reduce your taxable income, while credits are subtracted directly from your tax bill. In the case of refundable tax credits, you may even be eligible for a refund beyond the amount of taxes that you pay. Non-refundable tax credits cannot be […] More
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Healthy Habits That Improve Your Life and Your Finances

Part of what we love to do here is help you with your financial life; whether it’s saving money on amazing deals, budgeting or just providing you with simple, informative financial advice. We tell you about new credit cards, about deals, about special savings and we tell you how you can save money doing everyday […] More
in Personal Finance

The Best Financial Advice from Successful People

I am a huge sucker for quotes and for advice that’s being offered. I love them. As a businesswoman working on building my empire and my brand every single day of my life, I like to see if I’m in the right frame of mind. Do I have the same qualities and traits as the […] More
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Tax Tip: Get Free Dessert at Tony Roma’s On Tax Day

Do you love free dessert? Do you love Tony Roma’s? Do you love tax day? Okay, two for three really isn’t bad. Tax day is quickly approaching, and no one is happy about it. Well, I no longer care since I already finished my income taxes for 2015 and sent in my check, but many […] More
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Three Ways Student Loans Might Benefit You At Tax Time

Tax time is the worst. Unless, of course, you have student loans. Then graduation and repayment is the worst. I cannot tell you how often I read and hear people say that if they only knew the true cost of student loans before they used them to get through college, they never would have applied […] More
in Credit Cards

Four Tips to Help You Build Your Credit Faster and More Efficiently

Repairing credit and maintaining good credit are topics we often discuss. What we don’t talk about nearly as often is building your credit. On my part, it’s easy to assume that everyone is around my own age and that you’ve already had years to build your credit and that it’s already where it needs to […] More
in How to Save Money

Simple Ways to Save A Little Money During Spring

Spring is here, and it’s beautiful. I say that now that the weather has finally cooled off a bit here in Florida and the high today is only 81 instead of 95 (it’s spring for a week!). It’s the time of year in which most people are comfortable with the weather; cool evenings and mornings […] More
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What Is The No-Spend Challenge?

Have you heard of the no-spend challenge? I keep seeing it pop up on social media posts on Facebook and Instagram, and I will admit that I am intrigued. I don’t want to call myself a shopaholic or anything quite so extreme, but I don’t think I could do it. I’m of the “tell me […] More
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Ridiculously Simple Mistakes Many People Make With Their Taxes

Everyone makes mistakes. It’s all a part of being human. Do we love making mistakes? No; no one really enjoys making mistakes. However, we all do it and we can all learn from them. That’s what makes mistakes so valuable. There is no great success without first failing, making mistakes and learning from them. Everything […] More

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