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
RQR35695UCGF 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 [...]
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 [...]
$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 [...]
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 [...]
You May Not be Having Enough Federal Tax Withheld
October 27, 2009 by The Frugal Home
Filed under Personal Finance, Taxes
Are you a married couple with two incomes? A pensioner? An individual with multiple jobs? A dependent? Do you receive social security and still work? You may not be having as much withholdings held back as you like. As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 the Making Work Pay credit [...]
Healthcare for Freelance Writers : Demand Studios
October 22, 2009 by The Frugal Home
Filed under Freelance Work, Freelance Writing, Health Care, Personal Finance
Demand Studios writers, copyeditors, and filmmakers will now have the opportunity to purchase health insurance through Demand Studios. This is such an industry change that we can only hope more sites follow through! For those who are on the fence about working for Demand Studios this may just make you want to put more of [...]
Debt Reduction : Snowball Your Debt
May 27, 2009 by The Frugal Home
Filed under Debt, Featured, Personal Finance
Many have asked the hubby and I how we got out of our credit card debt, especially those that are finding themselves in the same situation. The economy is down and is affecting everyone even if only when they look at their 401k or grocery bill. There are several ways you can cut back on [...]
Gift Budget – Create a gift budget for a holiday or the year!
March 9, 2009 by The Frugal Home
Filed under Budget, Christmas, Gifts, Holidays, Personal Finance
When creating their financial budgets, many people forget to add a gift budget. A gift budget will help you be able to buy those monthly gifts such as birthday and anniversary gifts, and help you save money during the holidays. It is not difficult to create a gift budget and it may take you under [...]
