According to irs.gov, there are volunteers at certain organizations that will give free tax preparation to those with income less than $39,000, the elderly, and military personnel and their families. The three organizations offering this service are:
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA)
Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE)
Armed Forces Tax Council (AFTC)
More info can be […]

Might Bargain Hunter gives us 16 ways being disorganized costs you money. Most of us can relate to at least one of these. Not only can being disorganized cost you money, but it can cause stress too.

Manage-Money.com provides: 25 Original Ways To Spend Your Money. It’s not your normal list of ways to save money. These are unique and interesting to spend your money.
My top five from this list are:
1) Take 6 months off work and do nothing.
2) Learn a language by total immersion in a foreign country for […]

Warren Buffett will begin to give 85% of his holdings in Berkshire Hathaway to philanthropic endeavors beginning in July. The biggest winner, getting approximately $30 billiion will be the Gates Foundation, the private foundation of Melinda and Bill Gates. The Gates family has been good friends with Buffett since the early 1990s.
Wouldn’t you […]

Personal Finance Advice, unveils the “Commute Helper”. You have got to read this. What an amazing, but somewhat scary job. Jump in a car with a stranger, and get paid to sit there so that the driver can get into the carpool lane and cruise to work. At $200 a day, […]

Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies says that we may have ups and downs but the long-term overall housing picture looks fine. “Demographic changes and population expansion will help keep home demand - and prices - healthy. The number of homes needed to meet demand in the next 10 years will likely exceed the […]

Fat Pitch Finanicals has found that the Federal Reserve has 12 comic books to help Children learn about money. He found these 12 comic books at the New York Federal Reserve website. These look like great books to get children learning about money and the fact that it does not grow on trees.

From the Google Blog, “It’s Nice To Share”. Imagine sharing your budget with your significant other on the web in a central, secure location. Or track your personal daily expenses, and log in from anywhere to make additions. This is the concept behind the beta Google Spreadsheets. A limited test […]

From CBS Marketwatch,“S&P 500 logs worst May for 22 years”. The article states the cause of this is inflation and slowing economic concern, as well as uncertainty of Fed interest rates.
This shouldn’t worry the plain Jane/Joe investor. If you are dollar cost averaging into your 401(k) or other retirement accounts, all […]

In “Get Stuff Out of Your House”, from lifehack.org, we are given some great tips on major items to go through and the best way to get rid of them. While the author seems to be on a minimalist kick, this is definitely something that I need to work on. Especially that extra […]