My New Choice

The banking industry has undergone numerous changes over the years making it important for consumers to stay abreast of changes to manage their accounts well.
The consequences of making mistakes while managing your checking account can not only be embarrassing in the case of returned checks but also very costly.
Banks have been criticized for charging excessive [...]

Online shopping has revolutionized the way we shop.
We sit in the comfort of our own homes and survey different brands of the same item, check and compare prices, read user reviews and decide what it is that suits our own needs best.
There are a lot of benefits when you shop online, including:
Better Access
Searching for products [...]

For those of you that are planning a getaway this spring or summer, I am going to talk a little bit about the dos and don’ts of travel to help save ourselves some money and some hassle.
Check All Options
When you do your booking, especially for air tickets, check all the possible ticketing sites and compare [...]

Some of us are lucky – or foolish depending on how you look at it – in that we will be receiving a check in the mail from Uncle Sam bringing the glad tidings of a tax refund!
Forbes estimates that on average, tax payers will be receiving approximately $2,480 by way of a tax refund.
So [...]

With the days before we should all have filed our income taxes dwindling away, I am about to undertake something rather ambitious: discuss some tax breaks and exemptions.
The reason I say “ambitious” is because the income tax code is a whopping 1.3 million words long, and that makes it twice as long as Tolstoy’s massive [...]

Shopping online presents a great opportunity for good deals and comparison shopping, but it can often be time consuming and confusing.
Fortunately, there are simple Firefox add-ons that can make your online shopping experience a little easier.
Whether you want to know where to get the best deals on electronics, compare prices, or limit the amount of [...]

After the emergency rate cut from the Federal Reserve just days ago, there is news of additional efforts to stimulate the economy with an announcement of a new deal that will give most tax filers a refund of $600 to $1,200, and more for those with children.
The $150 billion package would provide a rebate up [...]

As the year 2007 came to a close, I took a day to close my financial books and prepare for the upcoming year.
This involved the process of archiving the paperwork from 2007 and preparing my filing system for the new documents.
As I prepared my filing system, I came across a list of tax tips in [...]