Today is the tax deadline. Have you filed your tax return yet? If you are mailing your tax return, it must be postmarked today. If you are efiling with a program like TurboTax, you must submit your electronic return today. But what if you cannot meet the tax deadline? There are certain circumstances when a […]
TD Bank is offering a bonus of $200 for their TD Cash Visa credit card. The offer is good for the next two weeks. It’s Free Money Friday! However, as you’ll see in the terms and conditions below, it’s only available for residents of certain states. How to Get Your $200 Sign Up Bonus Open […]
Paying taxes with credit cards is one of the ideas that usually triggers a “don’t ever do that” response. However, the reasoning is usually because of the excessive processing fees that are passed along. What if, your cash back credit cards offer you more in cash back rewards than the fee? Profit, right? IRS Credit […]
I recently had my tax appointment with my accountant and realized just how much of a tax savings I had because of the smart things I did with my investments. The great thing here is that the things I did to help keep my tax bill low weren’t difficult to do. Ways to Reduce Taxes […]
One of the least glamorous parts of being smart with your finances is to build your emergency fund. We’ve talked before about the importance of having an emergency fund so I am not going to go over that again. But getting your emergency fund up to the amount you need it to be does take […]
Chase just rolled out a new card called the Chase Freedom Unlimited card… not to be confused with the Chase Freedom card! It features unlimited cash back at 1.5% without any quarterly rotating categories. The sign up bonus for the new card is $150. It’s our Free Money Friday offer! How to Get Your $150 […]
This month our most popular finance tips were determining whether or not you can afford something, emergencies that aren’t really emergencies, reversing your Roth IRA conversion, a bonus worth over $1,000 and the last chance to pick up Starwood’s highest sign up bonus today. If you missed the most popular finance tips this month, here’s […]
2nd quarter cash back is here! It’s time to organize, activate and put your cards into a regular rotation. In addition, since we still have the opportunity to double our Discover it Cashback to 10% the Discover card again remains at the top of the quarterly rotation list! Reevaluate Quarterly Cash Rewards It’s our quarterly […]
The American Express Blue Cash Preferred card sign up bonus is currently $200. The Blue Cash Preferred Card from American Express is the card that gives 6% cash back on groceries up to $6,000 in spending. The sign up bonus is our Free Money offer this week! How to Get Your $200 Sign Up Bonus […]
Do you have to pay income tax on social security? How will it impact the taxes on your other income from interest and dividends? Whether or not your social security benefits are taxable depends on your total income and filing status. In addition, it changes from year to year, so while your social security benefits […]
