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Category: Money & Personal Finance

Money & Personal Finance

Credit scores may improve next month

Here is some great news for people who have tax liens or civil judgments on their credit report: Your credit score is probably going up. The three credit…

byRick GoodJune 1, 2017July 11, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

Moneywise Chances of getting audited

Chances of getting audited Although many people file their taxes with the dread of a potential audit looming over their shoulders, the reality is that…

byRick GoodMay 1, 2017July 12, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

Credit report late payments

Everyone misses a payment at one point or another. Maybe the debit card on file expired, or the bill was sent to the wrong address. Whatever the reason,…

byRick GoodMay 1, 2017July 11, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

What qualifies as nontaxable income?

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) likes to cast a wide net, as they say, when it comes to which sources of income are considered taxable. According to…

byRick GoodMay 1, 2017July 11, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

Student loan debt interest deductions

According to Marketwatch, student loan debt reached a total of $1.2 trillion dollars in 2016. That is trillion with a “T.” The average per student from…

byRick GoodMay 1, 2017July 11, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

Moneywise: People With Disabilities Can Save With an ABLE Account

People With Disabilities Can Save With an ABLE Account People with disabilities have many challenges in their daily lives and up until recently saving for…

byRick GoodApril 1, 2017July 12, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

Figuring out the monthly food budget

When creating the family’s budget, it is easy to look at individual categories and determine that they are too expensive or that there are cheaper…

byRick GoodApril 1, 2017July 11, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

Checks that are convenient but pricey

Credit card checks are designed to let you use your credit line as cash. You could pay off bills, for example, but you would just be transferring the…

byRick GoodApril 1, 2017July 11, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

401k Loan for a down payment on a house

Home ownership has not been an insurmountable financial hurdle for the 63.5 percent of Americans that own their homes according to US Census data, but…

byRick GoodApril 1, 2017July 11, 2026
Money & Personal Finance

Fraudulent credit charges

A thief often only needs the numbers on a credit card to rip you off. According to CreditCards.com, about 31.8 million Americans had their cards breached…

byRick GoodMarch 1, 2017July 11, 2026

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