I’ve been doing my own taxes for over 10 years. I didn’t do them when I first graduated college in 1999 because I didn’t know how. Further, DIY tax software wasn’t as easy to use as it is now. But after paying some accountant over $500 to do my taxes one too many years, I […]
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The income limits before tax deductions start phasing out are ~$260,000 for singles and ~$311,000 for married couples according to the IRS in 2019. In other words, after making more than $260,000/$311,000, you won’t be able to deduct the full amount of your mortgage interest and property taxes. You will also be subjected to the
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Your goal as a homeowner is to enjoy your home and minimize costs as much as possible. If you can convince the property assessor that you live in a dump, then all the better! Unfortunately, in a rising property price environment, minimizing cost becomes much more difficult due to rising property taxes. When things are going
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Here are Justice Anthony Kennedy’s words after the Supreme Court voted on June 26, 2015 that same sex couples have a constitutional right to wed. Justice Kennedy was the swing vote. No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital
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If you are making a six-figure income or seven-figure income, congrats! It’s a great achievement to earn over $100,000 a year. However, there are tax penalties for high income earners that you should be aware of. For example, you must pay a 6.2% Social Security tax for the first $176,100 as of 2025. Plus, 1.45%
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In what could be the most amazing tax move ever, a Georgia woman filed a $94 MILLION tax refund! You have to make over $1.6 billion dollars in income to pay $94 million taxes with Georgia’s 6% state income tax rate. Sure, it’s possible to make $1.6+ billion dollars, but probably not by this woman. So
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The following is a guest post by FS reader, Jamin Eberhart on your largest ongoing living expense. He received his MBA, worked in biotech and now consults for biotech companies. He is extremely focused on building his freedom fund, and struggles just like me to find the right balance between living it up and being fiscally responsible.
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I was invited to join the TaxACT How I Save blog tour which shares ways to increase your savings. Last year, TaxACT saved America over $240 million on tax preparation. The personal savings rate in the US could be better. And it is my hope in spreading knowledge on personal finance topics that more Americans will take better
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Are you trying to decide if you should do your own taxes or hire a professional instead? Every year I use TurboTax software to do my own taxes and encourage others to do the same. Yet every year someone scoffs at me for spending a couple hours of my life learning, understanding, and optimizing my
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Raising taxes on the rich is going to be a common theme over the next several years. With Joe Biden as President, he plans to raise taxes on households making over $400,000. If you’re a household that’s stressed out and struggling, despite making an almost top 1% income, make you should take it down a
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