Reporting savings bonds on your tax return usually follows a standard course of action, you get a savings bond, hold it for multiple years, then redeem it and report it on your taxes in the year of redemption. But did you know there’s another way to report the savings bonds interest, which could potentially save [...]
Free Money Friday! That’s my favorite celebration every Friday here at My Dollar Plan! Every week we feature a free money offer for you to earn some extra money. Our goal is to find the best free money offers that feature easy sign ups. It’s time to take a look back at the entire collection [...]
How much money do you have to make to file taxes? What is the minimum income to file taxes? A reader, Rob, recently asked about the new numbers for this year. Let’s take a look at the requirements for the minimum income to file taxes in 2011 (and due in 2012). 2011 Minimum Income Requirements [...]
Readers Share More Free Finance Apps
Posted byWe haven’t talked about our favorite financial apps since about this time last year. Because there’s a new crop of tablet and smartphone users each year after the holidays (like my Uncle, who couldn’t wait to get his new Kindle Fire) it’s time to add to our lists of financial apps to check out and [...]
After Discover More rolled out the recent no fee 0% balance transfer a reader, Mark, and I had a great discussion about using the offer to extract money. Mark is planning to use the balance transfer for arbitrage (he’s considering purchasing CDs or investing in a stable bond fund) but wanted to know how to [...]