From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Filing Status Explained

December 24, 2009

When it comes to filing taxes, there are many things we can do to reduce our liability. We can claim certain deductions. We can look into our eligibility for certain credits. And during the tax year, we can keep track of deductible expenses. But there’s one really simple thing that can reduce our tax liability [...]

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Know Your Enemy: Keep an Expenditure Diary

December 23, 2009

For some of us, sticking to a budget is second nature. For others, it’s quite a challenge. It’s so frustrating to spend time working out a budget and trying your best to follow it, only to find that you don’t have as much money left at the end of the month as you anticipated. Or [...]

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Texas Instruments BAII Plus Professional Financial Calculator

December 23, 2009

Where to buy: www.amazon.com The Texas Instruments BAII Plus Professional Financial Calculator shouldn’t be amiss in any home office. It is an easy to read 10 digit display calculator, perfect for your more complex accounting. It has a comfortable touch keypad, 10 number memory and many other short cut functions to calculate complex equations quickly [...]

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Ways to Earn Extra Money to Put Aside

December 22, 2009

Even if you have a full-time job, you might need some extra money. Maybe you’re not earning enough from your paycheck to live as comfortably as you’d like. Maybe you’ve got your eye on a big-ticket item and would like to save up the money to pay cash for it. Or maybe the holidays are [...]

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Magniwork

December 21, 2009

Where to buy: www.magniwork.com The Magniwork free energy power generator is a home-build machine that allows you to generate your own electric energy. The DIY guidebook gives all the necessary information on how to construct this eco-friendly and inexpensive generator. It produces energy through magnetic perpetual motion. It works in every home and in all [...]

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How You Can Donate Your Car for Tax Credit

December 21, 2009

If you have a car sitting around that you do not drive for one reason or another, you’ve probably considered some options for getting it out of your way. You could put it in the classifieds, but then you would have to set up showings and deal with the frustration of no-shows and haggling. You [...]

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Compare DIY Material Costs and Save

December 20, 2009

No matter how much you love your home, it’s inevitable that you’ll need to do some work on it at some point. Every house needs repairs when it has been around for several years. And most homeowners eventually decide that they want to add on or do something different with a room, so they end [...]

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Living Rich By Spending Smart (CDs)

December 19, 2009

Where to buy: www.nightingale.com Living Rich by Spending Smart is a 4 CD set plus reference guide. The author, Gregory Karp, is a well-known and award winning personal finance columnist. In this CD set he provides you with more than a hundred insider tips on how to live rich by spending smart. He tells you [...]

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Creative Ways to Stick to a Family Budget

December 18, 2009

Having a family budget is important if you want to get the most out of your money. And during tough economic times, it becomes even more important. But budgeting is not a favorite activity of most families, because it often seems synonymous with giving up things we enjoy. It’s true that a good budget doesn’t [...]

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Coupon Clipping Tips

December 17, 2009

When it comes to saving money, the most important thing we can do is change our spending habits. We often buy things we don’t need, and that can throw our budgets off track. By reigning in our spending, we can have more money to pay down debts, buy the things we really need, and put [...]

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