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September 30th, 2008 — , Credit Cards, Government Stimulus, Home Equity, Sub-prime Agreement, economy, mortgage, real estate, savings, taxes from Blogging Man @ P2P-Loans.com
The $700 billion bailout package has raised a lot of eyebrows on Main Street. After all, isn’t it Wall Street’s fault for making all these risky investments that went bad? If so, why on earth would the government want to use taxpayer money to bail them…
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June 24th, 2008 — , IRS mileage rate, News, business mileage, company car, gas prices, reimbursements, standard mileage rate, taxes from Mike @ richerbytheday
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Citing higher gasoline prices, the IRS has increased the optional business standard mileage rate from 50.5 cents per mile to 58.5 cents per mile for July-December of 2008. Taxpayers can use the optional standard rates to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business. This is also [...]
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June 10th, 2008 — , Review, alternative minimum tax, book giveaway, books, david cay johnston, death tax, inflation, tax evasion, taxes, wealthiest americans from Mike @ richerbytheday
My latest book review is for Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign To Rig Our Tax System To Benefit The Super Rich - And Cheat Everybody Else.
When I first heard that Perfectly Legal was written by someone who works for the New York Times, I was hesitant to waste my time, fearing that the book would [...]
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May 1st, 2008 — , Credit and Debt, debt free, debt free living, going off the grid, interest free loan, mortgage debt, saving, taxes from Mike @ richerbytheday
For a long time now, I’ve been free from all non-mortgage debt. As I quickly pay off my mortgage, I can already imagine the day when it too will be gone. While some people claim to be debt free in my current situation, nearly everyone would agree that I’ll be debt free once [...]
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April 30th, 2008 — , IRS, News, economic stimulus package, ssn, taxes, taxpayers from Mike @ richerbytheday
The IRS has released the schedule of when economic stimulus payments will be issued for most taxpayers who filed their 2007 return by April 15th. I say most because a few taxpayers will get their payments later than this schedule, regardless of when they filed, due to the complexity of the amount of their economic [...]
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April 28th, 2008 — , 1099-C, 1099C, Credit and Debt, IRS, bankruptcy proceedings, debt cancellation programs, estimated tax payments, forgiven debt, form 1099, heloc, mortgage, tax payments, taxes from Mike @ richerbytheday
Creditors may forgive, but the IRS won’t forget. That’s the takeaway for many types of canceled debt. The forgiven debt is often seen as income subject to taxes.
For example, if you are unable to pay your credit card bill and negotiate with the card issuer to a reduced amount, the amount of reduction [...]
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April 20th, 2008 — , Debate, Frugal, Spending, Stumbles, business sites, finance business, free, free legal forms, government benefits, household spending, illegal immigrants, pay taxes, personal finance, rainy day activities for kids, reaction, stumbleupon, taxes from Mike @ richerbytheday
My favorite personal finance and business sites that I found through stumbleupon last week are included below. These sites either had useful information, were informative, or simply entertaining.
For those unfamiliar with stumbleupon, it sends you to a random website that matches your interests. You can then give that site a thumbs up or [...]
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April 18th, 2008 — , Home Equity, Sub-prime Agreement, foreclosure, income tax, loan, mortgage, real estate, taxes from Blogging Man @ P2P-Loans.com
Is there a tax-payer funded (err… “government sponsored”) bailout coming for honeowners? Momentum appears to be building for a broad-based program to bail out folks that bought homes in the boom times and can no longer afford to make their payments …
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April 16th, 2008 — , 1040-ES, 1040ES, 2008 Estimated Taxes, IRS, due date, income tax return, irs form 1040 es, paying estimated taxes, self employment, tax due dates, tax payments, taxes from Mike @ richerbytheday
One of the side effects of filing our taxes each year is that many of us are introduced to estimated taxes. Depending on your situation, you may have to pay estimated taxes, but some people choose to do so as well. If you owed money with your 2007 income tax return paying estimated [...]
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April 15th, 2008 — , April 15th, Deadlines, angst, artificial deadline, automatic extension, career, due date, filing taxes, form 4868, income tax return, stress, tax time, taxes, time crunch from Mike @ richerbytheday
Just hearing today’s date out load can send shivers down the spine of many a taxpayer. While the deadline to file your taxes may seem scary to some, it really isn’t much different than most other deadlines. Filing your taxes may invoke fear in addition to the actual time crunch, such as fear [...]
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April 14th, 2008 — , income tax, mortgage, real estate, taxes from Blogging Man @ P2P-Loans.com
P2P-Loans.com came accross this Fortune magazine article and thought our readers might like to know more about the stimulus plan (even if you don’t qualify for the rebate check, READ ON). In a previous blog post, we wrote about the tentative stimulus …
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March 28th, 2008 — , Credit Cards, free, taxes from Blogging Man @ P2P-Loans.com
There is nothing like free to get my blood flowing. There is a reason that this single word is one of the highest cost words on Google AdWords since I don’t know of anyone in this world that doesn’t like free stuff. So, I thought I would try to summar…
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March 24th, 2008 — , real estate, taxes from Blogging Man @ P2P-Loans.com
The rapid decline in housing values has been a bit shocking for many folks and has resulted in a lot of lost wealth (did we ever really have that money to begin with)? According to Standard and Poor’s Case-Shiller index, home prices have dropped an av…
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February 16th, 2008 — , Prosper.com, taxes from RateLadder @ Rate Ladder
The following is for reference only. I am not a tax advisor nor am I offering any advice on your taxes. If you have specific questions about you situation you should consult with a tax professional. This information should apply to Lending Club as well. However, since I do not have any form of 2007 [...]
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January 24th, 2008 — taxes from P2P-Loans.com @ P2P-Loans.com
Sign up for our email list (CLICK HERE) if you wish to receive our postings in your inbox.———————–Today, Congress and President Bush announced a tentative agreement on a fiscal stimulus package to help avoid what many believe is an impen…
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January 18th, 2008 — Financial Education, Lending Club, documents, organized, preparation, preparer, shoebox, slippers, sneakers, taxes from Mike Smith @ Better Rates. Together.
The start of a new year also signifies the end of the previous tax year. Even though April 15th still seems like a long way off, creating a system for organizing your taxes now may save you time, and money, later.
I called this post the tax info shoebox because that’s my organization method. There always [...]
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December 14th, 2007 — Financial Education, Lending Club, deductions, loeb, marshall, maximize, owing, reduce, refund, taxes from Mike Smith @ Better Rates. Together.
In his article entitled 5 Ways to Maximize Your Tax Savings Now, Marshall Loeb started out by suggesting that you can get part of your tax refund early by filing a new W4 with your employer to reduce your deductions.
If you are one of the majority of taxpayers that normally gets an income tax refund [...]
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September 20th, 2007 — Financial Education, Lending Club, college, plan, plans, restrictions, state, taxes, tuition, withdrawn from Andre Nosalsky @ Better Rates. Together.
Sometimes you might be looking to invest for a longer term than what Lending Club offers. One of the ways to do so when saving for college is by using the 529 Savings Plan. This plan is named after section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. It is a savings plan specifically set up to [...]
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August 22nd, 2007 — Financial Education, Investing, Lending Club, assumptions, complicated, consideration, investment, investments, returns, taxes from Mike Smith @ Lending Club
Any time you have some extra money, you may wonder if you are better off investing the money or paying off your debt. The basic answer is that you should apply the money to the higher interest rate, but, as you’ll see below, that may be more complicated than you think.
When I say to apply [...]
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August 6th, 2007 — Financial Education, Lending Club, Retirement, control, defer, dependent, employer, guaranteed, inflation, taxes from Andre Nosalsky @ Lending Club
Many people do not feel satisfied with their finances. Even some millionaires are not happy. This unhappiness or lack of satisfaction sometimes comes from not being in control of your finances. You lose control when you become dependent on others. Being dependent allows factors from the outside to control your finances.
Becoming financially [...]
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August 1st, 2007 — Prosper, Retirement, fees, interest rate, liquidity, taxes from Matt @ Prosper Lending Review
There are many different ways to measure an investment. We might ask questions like: What is the potential return? What is the risk? What about liquidity? What fees are involved? What are the tax consequences for the investment returns? Are there t…
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July 31st, 2007 — Financial Education, Lending Club, bracket, deduction, deductions, largest, mortgage, reduced, taxable, taxes from Mike Smith @ Lending Club
For most Americans who have a mortgage, interest paid on their mortgage will likely be one of their largest tax deductions. Misunderstanding this deduction is common and often leads to poor decisions.
The mortgage interest deduction will reduce your taxable income. This means that the taxes you pay will be based on a smaller amount. It [...]
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