Personal Finance

20 numbers, facts, and tips every self-employed American needs to know:

2018 Tax Calendar 2018 and all of its tax deadlines are upon us! Below is a quick guide of the most important dates to keep in mind this calendar year. Take a careful look as and mark them on your own calendars: January 15th: due date to pay 4th quarter estimated taxes. January 31st: Due date […]

“Everyone loves a witch hunt as long as it’s someone else’s witch being hunted.” ― Walter Kirn Every single one of us is guilty of some kind of hypocrisy. Try as we might to avoid double standards, we will all have some. After all, we’re only human. But the double standards that fascinate me are the […]

2017 and all of its tax deadlines are upon us! Below is a quick guide of the most important dates to keep in mind this calendar year. Take a careful look as quite a few deadlines have changed this year! January 17th: due date to pay 4th quarter estimated taxes. January 31st: Due date to send […]

“Money is an opportunity for happiness, but it is an opportunity that people routinely squander because the things they think will make them happy often don’t”– EW Dunn Graduating from college is one of the most significant life achievements in many people’s lives. Especially in the life of a young person – it very likely […]

2016 and all of its tax deadlines are upon us! Here’s a quick guide of the most important dates to keep in mind this calendar year: January 15th: due date to pay 4th quarter estimated taxes. February 1st: due date to send out 1099s and W-2s to recipients. February 15th: healthcare open enrollment for 2016 closes. […]

Over the past month I have been featured on a number of different publications. I wanted to archive the links to them here for any readers of the blog: MSN Money asked me and some other tax experts about tax breaks for specific professions Fit Small Business featured my advice on the caveats when putting […]

“Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes They don’t tell the truth Smiling faces, smiling faces Tell lies and I got proof… I’m telling you beware, beware of the handshake That hides the snake… Don’t let the handshake and the smile fool you Take my advice I’m only try’ to school you” – The Temptations “Smiling Faces […]

“Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing.” – Carrie Fisher I normally don’t write product reviews, but this one excited me. Most of us know that we can speak to some service providers to negotiate a lower rate. You try to cancel satellite radio and they offer you a […]

Read on for information about tax deadlines and how extensions work. But first let me note that I am offering a special free service to assist those who need a little more time to get their tax returns done.  I will file your tax extensions for you at no cost. And I will do it electronically […]

Deadlines: Working for the (Tax) Man “Hey now you better listen to me – every one of you We got a lotta lotta lotta lotta work to do Forget about your woman and that water can Today we’re working for the man Well pick up your feet We’ve got a deadline to meet I’m gonna […]

Paying Off Mortgage Quickly? Not So Fast! “Debt is the slavery of the free.” – Publilius Syrus I used that same quote last year for an article on excessive corporate debt – highlighting how burdensome and crippling excessive debt can become to a business. I did note in the same article that debt can have […]