Browsing: Personal Finance

Consumers are still hungry for credit, but they’re holding off on getting new credit cards. The result? They’re spending more on their existing accounts.  Average credit-card…

How much should I spend on a holiday gift for my significant other? This is a question for the ages and causes a great deal of…

After scorching hot inflation pushed income-tax brackets and a widely-used tax deduction to their largest single-year increase in decades during 2023, another round of sizable adjustments…

The IRS has announced the annual inflation adjustments for the year 2024. That includes not only tax rate schedules, tax tables and cost-of-living adjustments for returns…

Are you looking for a “way out”? With everything that’s going on in the world… war in the Middle East… war in Ukraine… seemingly endless political…

One of the challenges of retirement is, should I need it, how will I pay for Long-Term Care (LTC) premiums and costs? Many people mistakenly believe…

Since the birth of the U.S. tax system more than a century ago, taxpayers have made purposeful attempts to avoid paying taxes that they lawfully owe.…

Now is that time of year, between October 15 and December 7 when the bombardment of Medicare Advantage plan ads happens. They seem to be relentless…

Meta Lets Amazon Shoppers Buy Products on Facebook and Instagram without Leaving the Apps Meta doesn’t want you to leave its popular mobile apps when making…

Dear Quentin, I got myself into a real doozy of a situation.  I made $57,000 in loan payments on my then boyfriend and now husband’s house.…