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A Month Away…

By admin • Apr 20th, 2009 • Category: frugal, taxes, thrift

I’ve been away from the blog for a month now, and that’s clearly not a good thing. The world of finance goes on, and so do my own personal finances. So what’s been keeping me so busy?



Tax Time Links

By admin • Jan 28th, 2009 • Category: taxes

A recent email from CompleteTax reminded me that the IRS was accepting electronic tax returns as of the 16th of January. Could it be? Is tax season already here? The answer is an obvious yes, so I thought I’d share some tax links to get us all pointed in the right direction.



3 Things to do After the Holidays

By admin • Dec 29th, 2008 • Category: Budgeting, Goals, Reflections, taxes

The holidays have passed, gifts have been given and received, relatives have been visited and I’m back to my day-job.  It was an enjoyable break, but it’s back to reality.  With that in mind, I’ve got three post-holiday plans (besides watching bowl games) to help out with the finances after the holidays.

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Financial Five: Tax Time

By coglethorpe • Apr 13th, 2006 • Category: Financial Five, taxes

It’s that time of the year.  Taxes are due on April 17th, so I thought I would round up a few items that might prove helpful if you’re scrambling to meet the deadline.

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Tax Questions and Answers

By coglethorpe • Apr 4th, 2006 • Category: taxes

I’ve offered up a few posts on taxes so far, ranging from filing, spending my refund, my plans to not get a refund next year and my thoughts on refund anticipation loans.
But today at 2:00 Eastern Time, someone from H&R Block will be answering tax questions for the Washington Post.  Get in a question if [...]



How I Spent My Tax Refund

By coglethorpe • Mar 30th, 2006 • Category: taxes

FeeMoneyFinance has an interesting article on how to spend your tax refund.  Well, mine has come and gone, so I thought I’d do a post-mortem on where that refund went.

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Refund Anticipation Loans

By coglethorpe • Mar 6th, 2006 • Category: taxes

As I posted earlier, I’ve already filed my taxes. Total time from filing to refund? Two weeks. With that in mind, I’m constantly amazed at the number of people who take out refund anticipation loans.

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Tax Time

By coglethorpe • Feb 10th, 2006 • Category: taxes

It’s tax time, and that means it’s time to face the music.  I’ve gotten a jump on things this year and have everything but electronic filing done.  Here are some of the strategies I used to keep the pain of filing my taxes to a minimum:

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Zero Refund

By coglethorpe • Feb 7th, 2006 • Category: taxes

I’ve heard over and over again why I want to reduce my tax refund to zero.  Or at least as close to zero as I can get.  Keep in mind that I’m not a tax advisor or attorney, but here’s some information on tax refunds that you might consider or discuss with a tax professional.

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