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Tax Time:  Why Do We Make Things So Complicated?

Tax Time:  Why Do We Make Things So Complicated?

The month of February is marked by many milestones – Groundhog Day, Mardi Gras, and for me it’s time for another annual chore that I loathe every year. Tax time. Yes, it’s time to sit down and figure out and file my federal and state income taxes.  I am one of the many folks who does their own (as well as the rest of my family’s), so at this time of year, I put out my shingle and start pestering…

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The Cost of Higher Education

The Cost of Higher Education

July and August are terrible months for me, financially speaking.  Not only are my annual property taxes and home/car insurance bills due, but it’s also time for me to man up and pay out the semi-annual tuition bills from my daughters’ institutes of higher learning. For those of you with younger children who are thinking about their college futures, I have three words of advice. Start saving now. Seriously.  I had the good sense to open up 529 college funds…

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