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Tips From Working Moms On Decluttering Your Kid’s Room

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Don’t let items they don’t wear take up valuable real estate. Step 4: Keep, Trash, or Donate The fact that you are decluttering a kids’ room means that you are going to run into a lot of stuff and little storage space at this point. Donate Option Anything that is in good working condition but has been outgrown.

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How to Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you end up in life with assets that you would like to use or from which you need to receive income, yet also want to donate to charity, there may be ways for you to do both. With the help of an estate planning lawyer and your accountant you might be able to use one of these “have your cake and eat it too” ideas.

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3 Simple Office Supplies for Smooth Tax Prep

Family Balance Sheet

For our personal tax returns, I keep an ongoing "Taxes" file for any paper work that we need to support our tax deductions, such charity receipts, Goodwill donations receipts, real estate and school tax statements, year-end statements for mortgage interest, student loan interest, interest-bearing checking and savings accounts.

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Kindergarten to College – Back to School Money Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

learning to give by having them donate last years clothing. If your child is off to college and you are interested in real estate investments, consider buying a house in your child’s college town. using what they already have. deciding between needs and wants. Get Social. Buy don’t rent.

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Save Money – Develop Important Home Owner Skills

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Sometimes the most financially rewarding scenario is to donate it to a tax deductible charity! you own real estate, you have been, or someday will be, confronted with. Otherwise, one party feels like they never get to keep any of their neat stuff while the other party gets to save it all! Record Keeping.

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How Long Should You Keep Financial Documents

Family Balance Sheet

Some Ideas For Keeping Your Financial Records Organized: For our personal taxes, we keep a present year file for tax deduction documents, such as receipts for charitable contributions, mortgage tax payments, receipts for school and real estate taxes, Goodwill donations, etc.