How to File a Federal Tax Extension
April 15 looms on the horizon. There may be any number of reasons that you are not prepared to file a tax return, from not having your dividend statements back, to waiting to get a home buyer tax credit, to straightforward procrastination. No matter your reasons, you can actually file for an extension. Any taxpayer [...]
Do you efile? If you do then you already know about many of the advantages that efiling has over the “traditional” paper method of filing a tax return. If not, maybe you don’t know about the benefits of electronically filing your tax return. Maybe you’re like a friend of mine who refused to get a [...]
End-of-Year Financial Checkup Checklist
At least once a year, if not more, you visit the dentist and doctor to make sure everything’s working properly – why not give your finances the same opportunity? As we approach the busy holiday season, it’s easy to let attention slip from personal finance. If you find yourself barreling toward the end of 2009 [...]
Filing an unfiled tax return or even multiple years of unfiled tax returns isn’t as big of a deal as you may believe. Even if you cannot pay the taxes that are owed with the return it isn’t that big of a deal. It is a big deal if you keep waiting longer and longer [...]
Tips For Paying Self Employment Taxes
If you’re self employed, you’re responsible for keeping track of your own taxes, as well as making payments on time. This also involves being on top of your paperwork, filing your tax return on time and keeping hold of receipts and invoices in case you’re asked to prove certain aspects of your tax return. This [...]
Weekly Highlights: April 19, 2009
Last week Moolanomy was featured on the Kirk Report and Mainstreet — thank you guys. Aside from that, this has been a busy week at work for me — which is a good thing given the economy — but it means that I come home too tired to do too much with the blog. So [...]
Weekly Highlights: April 5, 2009
This week Moolanomy was mentioned by askDeb.com as one of the top 100 great advice blog — thank you!
Greatnexus
Also, I launched another site this week called Greatnexus. From the Greatnexus home page, you can scan the latest headlines from multiple news and social media sites, as well as see some of the popular videos on [...]
Weekly Highlights: February 22, 2009
I am finally done with my tax returns, and my parents too, but haven’t send them in yet because I like to print them out and go over everything one more time. There’s something about computer screen that doesn’t lend itself to careful error checking.
As per my earlier review of TurboTax, I decided to prepare [...]
TurboTax Online Income Tax Preparation Software Review
The other day I was wondering if I owe any income tax this year, so I decided to give Intuit TurboTax Online Federal Free software a try. In general, I was impressed at how far online software industry has evolved over the years (not just Intuit’s). For this 2008 tax year software, you could hardly [...]
Following the success of previous Frugal of Cheap Test, I am going to throw another one out there for your enjoyment. I hope that you’ll like this Financial IQ Test as much as the last one and find it somewhat educational as well. Please note that I’ve included a link or two for some questions. [...]
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