What will the 2012 tax rates and 2012 tax brackets look like? The IRS recently released the new tax brackets. In addition to 2012 tax tables, the 2011 tax tables and our 2011 tax calculator are below to help you determine the amount of tax you will owe. Here’s what the federal tax tables for [...]
46.4% of Households Will Pay No Federal Income Tax for 2011 In 2011, almost half of the households won’t pay any federal income tax. This chart strictly reflects federal income tax; it excludes states taxes and payroll taxes, including social security taxes. In addition, it’s people legally paying zero income tax, not those who aren’t [...]
Last Minute Tax Tips
Posted byThe 2011 tax deadline is here! Does this sound familiar? You start working on your taxes early with plans to get it out of the way. Then you run into delays, often because you don’t have all of your paperwork together (one of the most common reasons people hate taxes). Once you have everything, you [...]
With the recession ending recently, it turns out that bartering has made a huge comeback from ancient times. According to the International Reciprocal Trade Association, over 400,000 companies bartered in 2010. Typical examples are writers, graphic designers, and the like who design brochures, do website work, provide advertising space etc. in exchange for help with [...]
Last year was the first time that I made a significant amount of money from writing, freelancing, and my blog Frugal Confessions. What an exciting milestone in my life! Even though I wholeheartedly have planned out the next 40 years of my life financially speaking, for some reason I never opened up a side account [...]




