A Blog About My Life’s Lessons

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Minimize Monthly Federal IRS Tax Withholdings

March 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

 Some people prefer getting a nice tax return from the IRS, but I prefer  not to give the IRS an interest free loan.  Hence, over the last few years I’ve tried to calculate my monthly IRS withholdings so that I get <$100 back come April 14th.  For example, I currently claim 8 allowances, which is a […]

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How Much Will My Tax Rebate Check Be?

February 9th, 2008 · No Comments

The hot topic these days is the tax rebates from the US government.  From what I can tell, it is officially going to happen (pending signatures early next week).  While I was doing my research to figure out how much I was going to get, I came across this article on cnn.com.  This article answered […]

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My Thoughts About the 2008 Presidential Race

February 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments

By no means am I a political activist nor do I plan on blogging each and every day about political issues.  However, I’ve become more interested as I’ve gotten older (not to say that I’m old).  I hope to learn a lot more about the potential candidates during the next few months. My biggest struggle […]

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