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There is encouraging news from the IRS this week: Statistically speaking, you likely are due a refund when you file a tax return. There is also discouraging news: That refund…
Before the ink dries, there will be at least six budget resolutions offered and voted on in the House of Representatives: The Paul Ryan budget, a budget crafted by moderate…
As the April 15 deadline to file taxes approaches, it’s important for college students and their parents to be aware of education tax credits, which can save families thousands of…
Bank of America has tossed a lifeline to American families drowning in credit card debt. BofA, the second-largest bank in the United States, is offering the “Better Balance Rewards” credit…
It’s not easy being a 20-something nowadays. Between landing a full-time job, paying back student loans and building credit, it’s hard to be financially stable. But are young adults solely…
If anyone in America still has faith in the quaint notion, enshrined in the Pledge of Allegiance, that we live in a country where there is “justice for all,” it…
Unemployment dropped in February to its lowest levels in four years, consumers spent money at the fastest rate in five months, and Wall Street set new records, all of which…
There are so many mixed signals coming from all sectors of the U.S. economy that you need a linguist to properly interpret the flow of information. Depending on where you…
If you are like every elected politician in Washington and have successfully ignored sequestration for the last 19 months, button up. The effects of the federal government’s disastrous financial policy…
Government services, teaching positions, research projects and hundreds of thousands of jobs are about to be cut in another self-inflicted crisis in Washington – The Great Sequester – and what…
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- Feldman, C. (2013, January 22). Filing taxes? What you need to know. Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved from http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0122/Filing-taxes-What-you-need-to-know
- Internal Revenue Service. (2013, March 25). IRS Releases FY 2012 Data Book. Retrieved from http://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/IRS-Releases-FY-2012-Data-Book