Tag Archives: taxes
YMM10: Earning Extra Income (December 1, 2008)
Listen now: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download the episode. Host: Nancy Anderson, CFP® Guest: Diane Winland, CFP® In this month’s show: Linda shares some creative ways to earn extra income that (mostly) doesn’t involve getting a second job. For more information on the tax implications for any additional income you generate check [...]
Support the earthquake relief effort in Haiti and receive a tax deduction for yourself
This bill, titled H.R.4462 to accelerate the income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti (gotta love the names of these things) is on the President’s desk, ready for his signature. There doesn’t seem to be any objection to it, so the President is likely to sign [...]
Getting Married? Just Married? It’s a Perfect Time for Some Financial Education
Whether you’re getting married soon or just tied the knot, have you thought about how your finances and your taxes will change? I had heard about the “marriage penalty” but didn’t really understand what it was all about. Luckily for me, I’m surrounded by financial planners all day and my father-in-law is an accountant so [...]
A cure for the housing market? Or a costly burden on taxpayers?
The extended incentives were designed to revive the housing market. But some estimates put the price tag for taxpayers at more than $10 billion.
