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How Long Should You Keep Financial Documents

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However, you should print any canceled checks or year-end statements that you would need for tax purposes, ie - charitable contributions, home improvements, business expenses, mortgage payments, etc. This final number will help to lower your capital gains tax. You'll need proof of gains or losses at tax time.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

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It’s modeled much like Michael Pollans Food Rules with many one-page rules that give short but useful tidbits of information. Janet presents Watch Out for These Top 12 Canadian Scams posted at Credit, Eh , saying, “Scams surround us every day, and many of them are so clever and high-tech that it seems truly legitimate.

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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

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Our alternate income streams include an inherited IRA, real estate rental income and dividends/interest from investments. Remember to include taxes as an expense. However, I haven’t learned this lesson too well, as I still have the second plan, which is a 401K. We found that we could afford it (Happy, happy days!).

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

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Live Real, Now: Make Extra Money, Part 6: Setting Up a Site In this installment of the Make Extra Money series, LRN is going to show you how to set up a WordPress site. You will learn exactly what settings, plugins, and themes he uses. This post shows highlights how much you can earn before you need to pay tax.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

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PFP presents Investment Tax Management posted at Pasadena Financial Planner , saying, ” As you move your cash, bond, and stock financial assets into lower cost, more broadly diversified investment mutual funds and/or ETFs, you should also consider how to “locate” your investment asset allocation with respect to more optimal taxation.”

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #241 – June 15, 2012

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” CCS presents Savvy Credit Card Use: Track Your Spending posted at Credit Card Smarts , saying, “A big key to using your credit card wisely is tracking your credit card spending. Thanks to NCR, using your smartphone to make withdrawals at an ATM is on the horizon. Se how you can do this any why you need to.

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