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Is That Your Family? Next Year, Your Boss May Ask You to Prove It
Michael Koretzky on August 27, 2010
With healthcare costs set to rise next year, your employer will still cover you – but you’ll have to prove your family is really your own.
3 Tips to Avoid the Latest Credit Card Scam
Stacy Johnson CPA on August 27, 2010
Americans recently lost more than $10 million to bogus credit card charges from a single ring of scam artists. If you’re not examining your monthly statements, maybe you were a victim.
Is Your State Offering a Tax Holiday?
Stacy Johnson CPA on August 27, 2010
Here’s a chart that makes it easy to find out if your state is offering to let sales taxes slide for back-to-school and other purchases.
New Rules Could Erase Debt Settlement Industry
Stacy Johnson CPA on December 19, 2011
In a victory for consumers, this October it’s going to be a lot tougher to be in the debt settlement business.
10 Cheap Tips to Heat-Proof Your Ride
Stacy Johnson CPA on May 20, 2021
Your summer vacation plans probably don’t include a stop on the side of the road. Even if you don’t know the difference between your car’s axle and Axel Rose, these 10 tips will help your car beat the summer heat.
4 Ways You Lose From Financial Reform
Stacy Johnson CPA on December 19, 2011
The recently-enacted financial regulatory reform bill bashes the profitability of banks in numerous ways. Is there any doubt they’ll try to make up for it at your expense?
5 Ways You’ll Profit From Financial Reform
Stacy Johnson CPA on December 19, 2011
Two years in the making, the new financial regulatory reform bill has arrived. Here are five ways it might put more money in your pocket – or at least keep it there.
It’s About Time: 401k Fees May Soon Be Disclosed
Stacy Johnson CPA on February 17, 2021
For years, employees have been in the dark regarding fees they pay to invest in 401ks and other work-related voluntary retirement plans. The Department of Labor has finally agreed to turn on the light.
What Financial Reform Means to You
Stacy Johnson CPA on December 19, 2011
It’s not easy to boil down 2,300 pages of new legislation into 1,000 words or so, but here’s the down and dirty of what you need to know about the new financial reform bill.
Healthcare.gov Now Helping With Health Insurance
Stacy Johnson CPA on August 27, 2010
There are plenty of comparison websites for those seeking private health insurance. Now the government has started one of their own that allows you to compare not just private insurance, but public options as well.
40 Million Americans Now Have Bad Credit Scores
Stacy Johnson CPA on November 7, 2012
Feeling bad about your low credit score? At least you have plenty of company.
2010 Grads Seeing Lower Salaries
Stacy Johnson CPA on August 27, 2010
While the cost of college increases annually, the payoff for many disciplines is shrinking as salary offers fall.
How to Buy Property for Back Taxes
Stacy Johnson CPA on July 29, 2020
While foreclosures are one way to buy property cheap, they’re not the only way. You can also buy property by paying past-due real estate taxes. Here’s how it works.
10 Best Money Saving iPhone Apps
Dan Schointuch on May 28, 2020
If you’ve got an iPhone, here are the 10 best apps to help you find deals, track expenses, and save money.
10 Things People Buy They Should Get Free
Donna Gehrke-White on March 4, 2021
Life’s tough enough without paying for things you could be getting free. Here are some examples – see if you can add to our list.
What Regulatory Reform Means to You
Stacy Johnson CPA on December 19, 2011
Billed as the most sweeping reform since the 1930s, the financial reform bill is close to becoming law. Will it actually reform anything? Here are the main provisions – you be the judge.
Uncle Sam: Let’s Get Smarter About Money
Stacy Johnson CPA on January 2, 2012
The new financial reform bill contains a little-known provision establishing an office of financial literacy. Here’s what it might do for you.
New Rule: Advisers Must Give Honest Advice
Stacy Johnson CPA on August 27, 2010
Believe it or not, the people you pay to advise you at Wall Street investment houses aren’t required to act in your best interests. Soon they will be.
New Penalty for Homeowners Who Walk Away
Stacy Johnson CPA on June 5, 2015
Losing your home to foreclosure is one thing, but walking away just because it’s financially convenient could keep you out of an FHA-backed mortgage for seven years.
Car Dealers Escaping Oversight?
Stacy Johnson CPA on August 27, 2010
It looks like the nation’s 18,000 car dealers will successfully accelerate away from any plan to oversee them via a new consumer regulatory agency.
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