With credit card companies cracking down on unused accounts, it’s a good time to review our credit card accounts. We’ve gotten a few letters lately of closed accounts, from Chase and Citibank, for unused cards. Usually, I’m pretty diligent about using each card once per year, but I guess I got a little lazy! Sometimes [...]
ShareBuilder $50 Sign Up Bonus
Posted byPerfect timing! Just after I wrote the ShareBuilder Review yesterday, I saw an offer for Free Money to open a new account. ShareBuilder is offering a $50 sign up bonus for first time account holders! How to Get Your Sign up Bonus Open a new ShareBuilder account here. Purchase one security. The $50 credit will [...]
I Refuse to Pay Fees to Change My Name!
Posted byEven though I didn’t get my donations dropped off in December, I actually did have plans to drop off some stock certificates at my local broker. I planned to sell them in time to take the tax loss. Unfortunately, I hit a road block. I got married. Five years ago. Changing Your Name on Financial [...]
Making Our First Estimated Tax Payment
Posted byAfter running our projections for the 2008 tax year, I found we were slightly short of the minimum withholding for our state taxes. Luckily, there’s an easy way to avoid a penalty for our state, you just send in an estimated tax payment, due on January 15. In addition, because I quit my job last [...]
ING Business $25 Sign Up Bonus
Posted byWe have a business savings account at ING; it’s a great account since there are no fees and no minimum balance requirements. Perfect if you have a new business! I was looking around in my ING account and noticed that they have an offer to “refer a business.” And with the referral comes a $25 [...]
