My husband, Earl, and I love to establish annual goals together as the New Year approaches. Some people call this process “making New Year’s resolutions.” We call it goal setting. Whatever the case, this yearly ritual helps keep us focused, it strengthens our marriage and goal setting often even saves us money. For all these […]
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Are you spending like the rich this holiday season – even if you’re not a millionaire? Many Americans are indeed engaged in over-the-top spending. But there’s one big difference between those from average-income households and individuals from truly wealthy families: the average consumer trying to “live large” is paying for those extravagant holiday purchases with
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What is the 1040EZ? The 1040EZ form (aka the EZ form) is the simplest and shortest form you can use to file your federal income taxes. Each year over 20 million people file this form, around 1 in every 6.5 federal tax returns filed. This article explains who can use it, the information required to fill
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The holiday season always puts me in a festive, giving mood – mainly because it reminds me of the importance of the importance of faith, family and friendship. In the spirit of the holidays, I’m going to be giving a $100 gift card to one lucky reader of AskTheMoneyCoach.com. This gift card comes compliments of
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When you’re shopping for a new car, conventional wisdom holds that it’s cheaper at year-end to buy the outgoing model year of a vehicle you want rather than the new incoming model year. The thinking is that dealers are more willing to negotiate in the months of November and December in order to move existing
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If you’re like the average American, you’re going to drop a nice chunk of change this holiday season while shopping for gifts, decorations, and other holiday-related items. In fact, the National Retail Federation says the average person celebrating Christmas, Kwanzaa and/or Hanukkah will spend $804.42 in 2014, up almost 5% from 2013 spending levels.
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As we head into the holidays, there is still time to convert your small business into an S Corporation which save you thousands of dollars in self-employment taxes. Who is a good candidate for this tax planning move? A business owner with over $30,000 in net income who is not already an S Corp.
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I get a lot of questions on AskTheMoneyCoach.com from people who want to improve their credit scores or fix issues with their credit reports. This doesn’t surprise me, since your credit can determine everything from your ability to rent an apartment to your auto insurance rates to whether you get hired for a job. If
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Saving money should be high on your list of goals, no matter what your current financial standing. Most people haven’t saved enough cash for a whole host of things – retirement, their emergency fund, paying for college, not to mention their own personal goals, such as buying a house or starting a business. To save
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Whether you’re married or thinking about saying “I do,” one truth is worth remembering: your spouse is not a fixer-upper. At Christ Church in Montclair, New Jersey, Dr. David Ireland, pastor and organizational leadership expert, has long delivered biblically-rooted, practical guidance for healthy relationships. With more than 30 years of marriage to Pastor Marlinda Ireland
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How many years are you away from retirement? Regardless of whether retirement is just around the corner or a long way off, what matters most is the answer to this question:
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Attending college in the United States is awfully expensive, which is one reason that we have $1.2 trillion in student loan debt outstanding in America. The average four-year public school in the U.S. is about $20,000 and the average four-year private college or university carries a price tag north of $40,000, according to the College
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Whether you’re thinking of retiring three years from now or 30 years into the future, it’s important to plan for a variety of “what if” scenarios that can greatly impact the timing of your retirement.
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Getting a loan or obtaining new credit when you’re already in debt isn’t easy – especially if your credit rating has suffered for any reason in the recent past. But it is possible to obtain credit – either a personal loan, a credit card or even larger loans like a mortgage – if you know
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It’s no secret that you can get into financial trouble at any time of the year – especially if you have a tendency to over-spend, mismanage your money or engage in any number of unwise financial behaviors. But the end of the year – namely November and December – are particularly high-risk months of the
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