Back when I started My Dollar Plan, my husband wasn’t into personal finance. As long as he had enough money to do the things he enjoyed he was set.
Ever since then I have seen him slowly developing an appreciation for learning about money. His latest find: an unclaimed bank account in my maiden name from [...]

Posted April 17, 2008 in Quick Money | 10 Comments »

Each tax year brings a new learning experience. This year I learned all about recharacterizations, probably too much in fact! We found ourselves brainstorming a strategy to use recharacterizations to requalify for tax credits.
Background
We found ourselves in an interesting situation last year. Because we knew our income would be lower in 2007 due to [...]

Posted April 17, 2008 in Taxes | 4 Comments »

For a change of pace I’m doing a mid-week roundup of my favorite personal finance articles of the week. I’m deep in spreadsheet mode lately as I have come up with yet another plan to tweak some of our strategies to change things around at home.
I’m reprioritizing some of our 2008 goals and considering [...]

Posted April 16, 2008 in Roundups | 2 Comments »

Photography by: corrinely
Tax day is here! Luckily we filed our taxes this past weekend, so we won’t have to worry about staying up late to get them done tonight. Hopefully yours are done too.
There are bound to be questions while finishing your taxes. Over the last couple weeks readers submitted some last minute tax questions [...]

Posted April 15, 2008 in Taxes | No Comments »

Taxes, spreadsheets, budgets, money files… Is your computer command central for your financial life? When was the last time you backed up your data?
Data Loss Statistics reveal that “More than 22 percent [of computer users surveyed] said backing up information is on their to-do list, but they seldom do it” and “nine percent [...]

Posted April 14, 2008 in Organization | 11 Comments »