The MeFites discuss a resource they like and offer suggestions. ... Read the full post ... Read more

It’s always important to try and save as much money as you possibly can. One way you can do this is by seeing if you can lower already existing bills. There’s things you can do like using energy saving bulbs, watering your lawn every other day instead of daily or removing premium channels from ... Read more

It's Tax Twitter Tuesday time again! Sorry I'm a bit tardy. This Tuesday had me in a real tizzy! But I'm finally here, and glad you are, too. For first-timers, on the third Tuesday of each month I sift through the gazillion tax Tweets and collect some as a blog post here at ... Read more

I’ve been fielding a lot of inquiries lately about Roth IRA tax planning for the future. Let me do my best to explain who should be doing what in terms of Roth conversions for 2010. Let me preface this by saying none of this is an exact science. There are all sorts of moving parts in the tax cod ... Read more

The IRS has issued ( Rev. Rul. 2009-38) the minimum required interest rates for loans made in December 2009: -Short Term (demand loans and loans with terms of up to 3 years): 0.69% -Mid-Term (loans from 3-9 years): 2.64% -Long-Term (over 9 years): 4.17% The Long-term tax-exe ... Read ... Read more

In recent years, replacing your car with a Schwinn has become a popular idea for reducing your carbon footprint. However, not everyone has rushed to their local bike store: fewer than 2 percent of the population relies on bikes for transportation. ... Read the full post ... Read more

The folks at Appfrica have put together some interesting infographs on infrastructure investment and Internet connectivity in Africa. The graphs provide information on Internet penetration and network readiness by country, and the various infrastructure development projects that are rapidly transfor ... Read more

The year is winding down. You're trying to gather of all your receipts. (Yeah, I know, next year you'll institute that record-keeping system). But some paperwork is missing. What can you do? You might want to check out a 79-year-old rule regarding the estimation of tax deductions ... Read more

Remember the transportation stimulus package? Whatever happened to that money? I'm pretty sure it got allocated, but weightier transportation stories like hot-air-balloon fraud seem to have bumped highway spending off the front page. To catch you up, here are some recent numbers that are worth mulli ... Read more

It's a holy grail of tax planning: a tax strategy that prevents you from paying additional tax even if the IRS adjusts your return on audit. A South Dakota estate has achieved something close to that. Helen Christiansen owned South Dakota ranch properties at her death. Her will gave her propert ... Read more