Dental Insurance
March 9, 2010 by The Frugal Home
Filed under Dental, Featured, Health Care, Personal Finance
Teeth are important. Very important. Important because they sure make eating a much easier experience and because we look better when we smile if we have a mouthful of clean teeth. For some people though, it either isn’t important or they don’t have the money to take care of their teeth as they would like. [...]
The Worst : Ignoring Your Debt
February 15, 2010 by The Frugal Home
Filed under Debt, Personal Finance
Stop ignoring your bills – they won’t go away
It isn’t uncommon for people to ignore the bills that come in when they become overwhelmed with the financial situation they find themselves in. You may find yourself in a situation where you just don’t have the money to pay the bills or where there are so [...]
Create More Money For Your Life
February 8, 2010 by The Frugal Home
Filed under Budget, Debt, Personal Finance
There are really only three ways you can create more money in your life, you can earn it, save it, or borrow it.
Earning more money involves work of some kind from you. You can take on a second job (or a first job!), sell items you no longer need, or sell items or [...]
Avoid foreclosure by renting out your home
January 13, 2010 by The Frugal Home
Filed under Debt, Featured, Personal Finance
Selling your home, and getting the price you want or need for it, isn’t always as easy as it seems, especially in our current economy. If you are facing foreclosure you may have to weigh your options when it comes to paying your mortgage. Instead of letting your house go into foreclosure look at the [...]
Tax E-mail Fraud
January 10, 2010 by The Frugal Home
Filed under Personal Finance, Taxes
Your spam account is top of the line, and you have come to recognize the junk mail you recieve on a regular basis. E-mail is so widely used and spam detectors are refined to a tee. So when that e-mail came in from the IRS saying that you had underreported some income, you opened it [...]
What to Bring to the Tax Office
January 5, 2010 by The Frugal Home
Filed under Personal Finance, Taxes
Tax time is usually a stressful period, but it doesn’t have to be. Start gathering your forms, paperwork, and notes before January 1st even gets here. This is a big tip to reduce tax anxiety. Make a folder with a few basics that you take in every year, such as copies of current ID’s, social [...]
College Costing too Much? Get Some of that Money Back
December 3, 2009 by The Frugal Home
Filed under Personal Finance, Taxes
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Tuition fees, room and board, book fees, and lab fees are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to education expenses. Thank goodness the IRS helps taxpayers out. The Hope Credit for education expenses has been around for years. Originally the Hope Credit was for the first two years of college, and had [...]
Sales Tax Deduction
November 30, 2009 by The Frugal Home
Filed under Personal Finance, Taxes
In 2009 there is a chance to take the sales tax on large purchases as a deduction. Vehicles that qualify for this tax break are new cars, light trucks, motor homes, and motorcycles. Only new vehicles are eligible, not pre-owned, and they must have been purchased between February 17th, 2009 and December 31st, 2009.
Most taxpayers [...]
$2,400 Unemployment Tax Break
November 27, 2009 by The Frugal Home
Filed under Featured, Personal Finance, Taxes
A large portion of taxpayer’s believe that unemployment income is not taxable because it isn’t earned income. This is a myth, all income no matter the origins is taxable except for a few cases. Unemployment income unfortunately has not been once of these cases until this tax year.
One of the new implements that was initiated [...]
Make Improvements on your Home and Save Money
November 18, 2009 by The Frugal Home
Filed under Personal Finance, Taxes
We’ve all heard of energy credits before and many taxpayers took advantage of them for years. In 2008 when they were no longer available taxpayers were shocked. As one of the many provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 energy credits are back and in full force.
There are a few too [...]