American Express Daily Wish Deals
February 6, 2011
American Express card holders can take advantage of a deal site sponsored by American Express called Daily Wish. We pointed it out as part of the credit card promotions list but this will give you a little more detail. You can register for the site for free with any American Express credit card. Once you sign up […]
Best Tax Breaks 2011
January 27, 2011
A new year is underway and that means that the tax return deadlines are getting closer. Many of us are figuring up what we owe on our 2010 taxes, and trying to decide how to do things for 2011. Some of the common evergreen tax breaks include a mortgage interest deduction, deductions for charitable contributions, […]
Best Credit Cards for Rental Car Rewards
January 14, 2011
The best credit cards for car rentals combine some or all the travel perks of car rental deals, rental rewards, and rental car coverage. The infamous rental car insurance episode on Seinfeld wouldn’t be so funny in real life – so here are some things to consider when searching for the best rental car credit […]
myFICO Review
January 11, 2011
myFICO is the consumer credit score site of the creator of the FICO credit score system, Fair Isaacs. You have several options on the myFICO site for finding your FICO score online and monitoring your FICO score. myFICO does charge for access to your score but offers a free credit score trial to let you […]
2011 Federal Income Tax Brackets
January 9, 2011
Income Tax Brackets 2011 The 2011 tax brackets have been released by the IRS with the official tax rates that you’ll use when you pay your federal income tax next year. As you start looking for tax credits and deductions to lower your income taxes for the year that just ended you’ll use the 2010 federal tax brackets. […]
SmartyPig Review
December 18, 2010
SmartyPig is an online savings account that helps you save up for specific goals and can give you a form of cash bonus once you meet them. The SmartyPig interest rate is competitive, the savings tools can be useful, and the bonus you get on gift cards from Macy’s, Travelocity, Amazon, and other retailers can help boost your savings. […]
Chase Blueprint Review
December 9, 2010
Chase Blueprint is a program available to Chase credit card holders that’s designed to help customers pay off their credit card balances. Ideally you wouldn’t carry a balance at all but the reality is that many people are in credit card debt. If you do pay off your balance each month then there really isn’t anything […]
2011 IRA Contribution Limits
December 8, 2010
IRA Contribution Limits 2011 IRA contribution limits are updated every year so that your traditional IRA and Roth IRA contributions have a chance of keeping up with inflation and the resulting cost of living increases. Some years the contribution limits don’t change, the ones released by the IRS a few months ago don’t have a […]
1099-K Form & Small Business Tax Reporting
November 15, 2010
Small businesses that that accept credit card payments will be getting a new tax form next year, the 1099–K. There are many different 1099 forms, all of which are used to report income to the IRS. You’re probably used to getting at least one 1099–INT form every year from your bank to report interest income. Until this year, […]
Airline Credit Card Rewards for the Holidays
November 11, 2010
Airline credit card rewards are one way to help ease the cost of travel over the holiday season. The next two months are the busiest air travel time of the year and a lot of travel cards are offering promotions and free flights to help sweeten the deal. My sister is flying in over the holidays and already […]
