Five Celeb Money Fails

Celebs may dictate fashion and style, but they’re no arbiters of personal finance, at least not in my book. If there’s one thing about money that celebrities have taught us it’s that you can just as easily burn through 10 bucks as you can several…

The Cash for Clunkers Program: What Does It Really Mean for You?

The Cash for Clunkers bill recently became law. Many people are excited because it essentially gives auto dealers the ability to provide you with a $3,500 (in some cases $4,500) rebate towards the purchase or lease of a new, energy efficient vehicle. All you need to…

3 Ways to Get the Most From Your Tax Refund

If you’re like most Americans, you’ve probably received your $2,700 tax refund by now. The average U.S. citizen overpaid his taxes by that much during 2008, the Internal Revenue Service reports.

You Might Be a Tax Procrastinator If...

The tax deadline is April 15. Yes, you have just two days to file your taxes. We’ll call today Tax Day Eve Eve. And, despite the fact that I work for TurboTax, I still haven’t filed my taxes yet. If you’re like me and procrastinate on well, pretty much everything, you’re not alone. According to the IRS, 40 million people wait until the last two weeks to file – that’s about 20% of all taxpayers.

So all you procrastinators – don’t worry. Here are some tips to help you get your taxes done and your refund (the IRS says average refund is up to $2,900 this year) back quickly.

Stimulus Trilogy: Buying the Big Stuff

For the last part of our Stimulus Package Trilogy (see How Stimulated Will You Be? and Top 5 Ways I’m Spending My Stimulus Package to get caught up if you haven’t been following), I’m going to let you in on some tips about how The government’s stimulus package is offering some nifty tax incentives for big purchases—like homes. Here’s a quick breakdown:

Help Is On The Way For Tax Time!

As we all know, tax time is bearing down on us, and, if you’re like me, you’re trying to gather all of your information together to get the maximum refund possible. The good news is that there is plenty of help out there. For around $20, Bonnie Biafore, personal finance expert and award-winning author of Quicken 2009: The Missing Manual, is offering a webcast next Thursday, January 29th, on how to make it easier to organize and access your tax information for both your 2008 and 2009 tax returns with Quicken.