Archive for the ‘Taxes’ Category
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
In the town where I grew up, the fire department had to respond to calls. The reason I remember this is because our middle school had a fire drill and the fire department showed up. It turned out that someone forgot to call them with the drill schedule, and even ...
Posted in Charitable Giving, Insurance, Taxes | 4 Comments »
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
David Ning over at Money Ning disagrees with the conclusion of this how-rich-is-rich article from CNN Money (via Yahoo! Finance). The conclusion is that it might be necessary to have $12 million banked to retire.
Now, to be fair, the $12 million figure comes from assumptions are out of reach for ...
Posted in Commentary, Retirement, Taxes | 6 Comments »
Saturday, November 14th, 2009
It's no secret that there are federal tax credits available for many people who are looking to buy a home. Both first-time and non-first-time homebuyers now can play the game.
The people who are among most aware of the credits, of course, are people wanting to sell a home. It's not ...
Posted in Real Estate, Taxes | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Liz Pulliam Weston had an article today on the new tip-jar economy -- that new business practice of putting out the tip jar, raising the "customary" tipping percentage, and adding other tip-like fees that are no longer discretionary, but mandatory.
Her take regarding the tip jars was, in essence: Ignore the ...
Posted in Economy, Shopping, Taxes | 10 Comments »
