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How Building Wealth Changes your Life

March 13, 2015 by Daniel

We’ve talked about it many times here on our blogs, that saving money is extremely important for many things, including giving you financial freedom. What most people who take our advice find is that, once they actually start putting aside a large chunk of change, and building up their wealth, many new opportunities come into their life, and their outlook changes quite drastically

Interestingly, spending money on everything in sight loses its appeal. It’s not that you won’t want to buy anything, but just that accumulating wealth will actually give you the same satisfaction that purchasing things used to give.… Read the rest

Filed Under: Wealth

What wealthy women do differently than wealthy men

April 23, 2014 by Daniel

Today’s blog is a little bit different than usual. We’re going to be taking just a quick look at how women differ from them when it comes to creating wealth, based on recent research. It might not help you in your financial affairs, but it’s quite interesting.

The Forbes list of billionaires has 1645 people, 172 of whom are women. Of that 172, 32 of the women are “self-made” and the rest made their money either from marriage or an inheritance.

This begs a number of questions, including how come there aren’t more women billionaires, given that women have made such great strides overall in the rest of the economy?… Read the rest

Filed Under: Wealth

Is there anything a taxpayer can do to avoid the Alternative Minimum Tax?

April 16, 2014 by Daniel

It’s estimated that nearly 4,000,000 American consumers will get stuck paying the Alternative Minimum Tax this year, more commonly known as the “dreaded AMT”. According to the Tax Policy Center, that means approximately $6,600 in extra tax costs on average.

Unfortunately, there are still many taxpayers who don’t even realize that there’s a two tax system in the United States and that, depending on several factors, they will have to pay whichever of those two tax amounts is higher.

The good news is that a certain portion of your income is exempt from the AMT.  Married couples, for example, receive around $80,800 for the full exemption and, for single taxpayers, it’s approximately $51,900.… Read the rest

Filed Under: Wealth

How to Get the Most Out of Your Tax Return

November 12, 2012 by Daniel

Tax time is a stressful time of the year, no matter who you are or what you may owe. It is complicated, anxiety-inducing number crunching that everyone except for accountants dreads and tries to put off when it comes time.

 

But you can get great benefits from your tax returns, and if you know what you are doing, can see a great return on your taxes that you can put towards that big purchase you’ve been eyeing. Here are a few tips.

 

Talk To An Accountant

Instead of trying to do your taxes on your own and saving a few bucks this year, talk to an accountant.… Read the rest

Filed Under: Money, Saving, Wealth

How You Can Save on a Rental Car

October 22, 2012 by Daniel

The average traveler is under the very false impression that car rental prices and car rental companies are pretty much all the same. With that false pretense they also believe that shopping around is not only unnecessary but also a waste of time.

That couldn’t be further from the truth however as rates can vary greatly from 1 company to the next depending on where you rent and where you’re going. If a rental car looms in your future then read on as we take a look at some excellent tips for saving money on your next rental.

One thing to keep in mind; generally speaking, car rental companies reward people who make it easy for them as far as the renting procedure is concerned and definitely make it hard for people that don’t.… Read the rest

Filed Under: Cheap, Money, Personal Finance, Saving, Wealth

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