Archive for the ‘Taxes’ Category

Under the gun? Filing extensions in each state

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

I'm hoping to have my taxes all ready without needing an extension this year, but maybe there are some extenuating circumstances that will prevent you from filing your federal taxes, and possibly your state taxes, on time. Below I've assembled links to every state that has an individual state tax, with ...

Organizing for taxes and beyond, Part 2: Painting the broad strokes

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

In Part 1 of this series, I explained the motivation for cracking out Quicken to get a handle on our family's finances for this year's tax season and beyond.  I began by entering  our primary checking account's transactions for 2010.  Along the way, I created accounts in Quicken for the ...

Organizing for taxes and beyond, Part 1: Breaking out Quicken

Monday, January 17th, 2011

This weekend I told my newsletter subscribers that I was starting up on my taxes.  Since I have about three months left, there's plenty of time to try to do it right, and set up an organized set of financial records in the process.  I'm starting with a lot of ...

The 4-1-1 on 401K withdrawal penalties

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

This guest post is brought to you courtesy of Leon Harris. He writes for Financialized, an investing and finance blog that offers an unbiased perspective on personal finance topics. Everyone knows that a 401K is set up almost exclusively as a retirement plan, and as such, it comes with some ...