I’ve come up with an easy strategy to take the pain out of doing our taxes. We have lots of accounts, but doing our taxes is actually relatively easy based on some simple organization techniques.
Replacing all the forms and data with one list makes the process quick and easy. Here’s how I organize our tax work from [...]

Posted January 17, 2008 in Organization, Taxes | No Comments »

This is the second post in an ongoing series about about how I organize my finances with lots of accounts; read the first one about bill pay and filing for 181 accounts.
A reader left the following comment in the credit card debate:
I don’t have enough time in the morning to check 89 credit card accounts!  I don’t even want to think of [...]

Posted January 16, 2008 in Credit cards, Debt, Intermediate, Organization | 10 Comments »

This is the first post in a series about Money Matters for All Ages. Sixteen personal finance writers address financial issues from babies to retirement and everything in between. See the end of the article for the entire series.

Photography: Six clones (clowns?) v3 by Spigoo
Our oldest son just turned 2 and our youngest [...]

Posted January 15, 2008 in College savings, Insurance, Intermediate, Investing, Kids, Savings, Taxes | 10 Comments »

I recently got a mailer from Power Tomorrow, a program that encourages a “greater energy-efficient commitment in our lives.” It broke down energy use by category:

The mailer also included some great energy savings tips. I’ve highlighted the easy ones here and added some additional ones:

Posted January 14, 2008 in Beginner, Frugal, Quick Money, Savings | 4 Comments »

We’re going to try to fly home again today. Hopefully the weather holds out; after three weeks of vacation we’re ready to get home! I have stuff that needs to get done… as soon as I get home, I need to switch my contributions from my traditional 401k to my long awaited new Roth 401k!

Posted January 12, 2008 in Roundups | 7 Comments »