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Tips for Preparing and Filing Your Income Tax

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If so, do your research to get informed or work with a tax preparer to review your finances to ensure you don’t miss anything. April 18, 2011. April 30, 2011. April 18, 2011. April 18, 2011. April 30, 2011. April 18, 2011. Get Organized. Below is a general overview of tax filing deadlines.

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Ways to Save on Travel Without Using Rewards Credit Cards

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Just be sure to read the reviews before booking anything. Instead of going to Cuba in December, try April. I personally would prefer to stay in a room or apartment found off of AirBNB rather than a hotel, because I find hotels impersonal and not very comfortable at all. Priceline or Equivalent. How about you?

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Anatomy of the Financially Savvy Brain- Part 6

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Anatomy of the Financially Savvy Brain is a 6 week series that ran every Thursday until today, April 7/11. Six months later when you are reviewing how your finances are doing, your brain will reference that original picture or visualization to help you in determining if you have made progress.

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How to Shop for a Used Car

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There are many resources you can consult for reviews including Consumer Reports, Kelley Blue Book, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and JD Power & Associates. 4] “Used-car reliability: Some used cars have fewer problems than newer models,” Consumer Reports, April 2011, Web.01 Usedcars.org, [link] Web.1

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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

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I have been since April 7, 2010. Next I collected and reviewed the past two years worth of expenditures to see exactly what our actuals were. Then I collected and reviewed the past five years of income from non-job related sources to see what our income averages were. I’m retired! Hubby retired in July 2007.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

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Welcome to the April 6, 2012 Edition #231 of the Carnival of Financial Planning. That would just be silly and… Jeffrey presents Money Rules Book Review: A Quick Guide to Finances posted at Money Spruce , saying, “I recently checked out the new book Money Rules: The Simple Path to Lifelong Security by Jean Chatzky.

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