A job change has tax consequences
Whether you get an exciting new career opportunity or become the victim of corporate downsizing, you're likely to switch jobs at some point, perhaps often, in your career. Leaving a...
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Tax planning for selling your home
If you are selling your primary home, tax law allows you a generous exclusion for the profit you have made. Most home sales escape taxation altogether. So when you sell...
The ins and outs of a U.S. value-added tax
Eric Toder, a fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, addressed the following questions regarding the possibility of a federal value-added tax. Urban-Brookings is a joint venture of the Urban...
Your portfolio requires a good balancing act
Never changing your investment mix after selecting mutual funds and other assets when you first opened an IRA or 401(k) is a lot like setting the cruise control on your...
Cap your interest rate while on active duty
If you are in the armed services, you may qualify for special protection that caps the interest rate on credit cards, mortgages and other loans at 6 percent while you...
Entering some states a taxing proposition
States aren't just looking for creative ways to raise revenue. They're making up for shortfalls with traditional increases in gasoline, cigarette and sales taxes, too. The District of Columbia and...
How to stretch your paycheck
You keep asking yourself: Where has all the money gone? Of course, you have a good idea: It has gone to spending on groceries, cell phone and cable bills, mortgage...
Oct. 15 deadline looms for reversing Roth conversion
Q. Last year, I converted $100,000 from a traditional IRA to a Roth, but now my account is worth just slightly more than $75,000. Can I still undo the conversion...
Companies give green to get green
Programs that encourage environmentally benign buying pay off for both consumers and businesses. Manufacturers and retailers are participating in green rewards programs that give shoppers the chance to earn points...
Learn to haggle over it
If you are anything like me, the prospect of having it out with a store clerk over a few bucks sets off your internal "fight or flight" response. My pulse...