By: Bogie Boric Insurance Views: 11648 | Comments: 0 | Votes: 0
If you want to make the most of your budget, a great place to start is with your car insurance. Different companies can charge dramatically different rates for the same level of protection. In fact, rates can vary by more than $1,000! So it pays to shop around. And don’t just shop price. More
By: On My Own Two Feet Personal Finance Views: 4167 | Comments: 0 | Votes: 0
What is financial foreplay? The process of getting to know your sweetie’s most intimate feelings about money. Why is it so important? So as personal finance columnist Ron Lieber of The New York Times wisely points out, it’s important to identify your financial differences before you commit to debt do you part. The most common answers I hear are quit my job and start traveling. More
By: Art Of Saving Personal Finance Views: 5288 | Comments: 0 | Votes: 0
Bank customers fighting high overdraft fees got a boost on Tuesday with a win in federal court in California against Wells Fargo, but that case has limited legal impact. A similar federal court case filed in Florida against 30 banks including Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Citibank and others could mean much more. In the California decision, U.S. More
By: Tax Advisors Tax Planning Views: 6204 | Comments: 0 | Votes: 0
Credit enables many customer transactions that would not otherwise be possible. If your business offers customer credit, you’ve most likely had someone unable to repay their debt. If you report these sales as income but cannot collect, the IRS calls this “business bad debt.” In these cases, the IRS allows you to deduct those debts to decrease your federal tax liability. More
By: NCR Credit Plus Credit Repair Views: 4363 | Comments: 1 | Votes: 0
Here are some loan options for the credit-score challenged:Car loans: Say, for example, a young couple opens a joint bank account and credit card. Then one of them secretly maxes out all the credit cards, empties the bank account, drives the family into bankruptcy and drives away forever in the family car. "Our clients never overpay for a car. More
By: NCR Credit Plus Credit Repair Views: 4076 | Comments: 0 | Votes: 0
You may not even know all the different ways that your credit score can affect you over your life. But there’s an invisible industry that collects information about your financial history, and it will keep popping up to surprise you again and again. Here’s a list of the top situations where a bad credit score could really come back to bite you. * Employers. * Getting a car loan. More
By: Goran Jovanovic Home Loans Views: 3655 | Comments: 0 | Votes: 0
A reverse mortgage is a type of loan that allows seniors to turn some of their home's equity into cash. Unlike a home equity loan or second mortgage, however, the loan doesn't have to be paid back until the home is sold or it is no longer the mortgage holder's primary residence. - Income from a reverse mortgage typically does not affect Social Security or Medicare benefits. More
By: Steven Leibold, EA Tax Planning Views: 5238 | Comments: 0 | Votes: 0
Who's an Employee of the Corporation? Generally, an officer of a corporation is an employee of the corporation. Treasury regulations provide an exception for an officer of a corporation who does not perform any services or who performs only minor services and who neither receives nor is entitled to receive, directly or indirectly, any remuneration. More
By: Daniel Stoica Tax Planning Views: 3328 | Comments: 0 | Votes: 0
IRS has launched an Issue Management Team focused on improving U.S. income reporting and tax payment compliance by foreign athletes and entertainers who work in the United States. The initial focus is on those engaged in tennis, golf and music. These individuals and those associated with arranging their appearances in the U.S. They are required to file a U.S. More
By: WiseSaver Credit Repair Views: 8044 | Comments: 0 | Votes: 0
You’re not paranoid. They really are out to get … your data. Where you shop, what you buy, the websites you look at, even your Twitter feed — it’s all of interest to a wide range of companies. Now, those companies are taking the next logical step and trying to predict potential credit risk based on lifestyle choices, he said. How can what you buy hurt your credit? More
