By Tom Tennant You’ve got bills to pay and a creditor or two reminding you that you’re a couple weeks behind on your payment. Maybe your car is in desperate need of repair. Or, heck, could be that vacation is around the corner and you’d like some extra “walkin’ around” money. No matter the reason, [...]

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By Tom Tenant You’ve got bills to pay and a creditor or two reminding you that you’re a couple weeks behind on your payment. Maybe your car is in desperate need of repair. Or, heck, could be that vacation is around the corner and you’d like some extra “walkin’ around” money. No matter the reason, [...]

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By Jim Sloan I drove by one of those sign wavers dressed up as the Statue of Liberty this morning. Maybe you’ve seen one or two of them in your town. They wear green costumes and direct people to the offices of their employer, Liberty Tax Service, which prepares tax returns for people. Weird thing [...]

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By Peter Andrew Long before he became a cop, Kevin was my best friend. So when he joined the police, it seemed natural that I’d often join him and his colleagues for an after-work drink. They were a great bunch, and I really enjoyed the time I spent with them. But as they told their [...]

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By MoneyBlueBook Contributor I recently bought a laptop over the Internet. Shopping online, I found a great price and I didn’t have to drive around to different stores to compare products and features. But is it fair that I didn’t have to pay any sales tax because I bought the laptop online? Retailers say the [...]

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By Jim Sloan The media made it sound like the tax relief law passed late last year was designed to make a lot of older, rich taxpayers happy with new tax deductions and more favorable federal tax brackets. But in reality, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 contained a [...]

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By Richard Barrington Think of it as the iceberg of the tax code. And your tax return may be the next Titanic. The alternative minimum tax (AMT) is like an iceberg because it often represents a hidden danger, and one that can have severely damaging effects. You can be sailing along, thinking you’ve conscientiously filed [...]

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By Richard Barrington Have you ever run a long-distance race? I find it useful to think of saving money like distance running. If you obsess over the total distance, then each step seems hopelessly insignificant in covering the necessary ground. If instead you just start making those steps, and concentrate on finding a comfortable and [...]

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The first month of the new year was a good month for me financially. Now you must be wondering to yourself – how can that possibly be – especially considering that my calculated net worth dropped in excess of $15,000 for the month of January. Well, because I only show a singular snapshot of my [...]

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If you’re a new home buyer, or an existing homeowner who has been contemplating about selling your house or condominium apartment – you might want to start taking decisive action fast. There is free government money in the way of tax credits to be had for both prospective new home buyers and current homeowners – [...]

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