Archive for February 2006

Don’t Miss These Tax Breaks, Part 3

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Okey-dokey… Here’s the third (and final) installment of tax breaks that you don’t want to miss…

Published on February 15th, 2006 - 3 Comments
Filed under: Taxes
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Carnivals – Week of 02/13/06

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FiveCentNickel took part in six carnivals this week. Here they are, along with links to the posts of mine that were included in each…
The Carnival of Personal Finance, which is up at The Dividend Guy, features my post on tax scams.
The Festival of Frugality, which is up at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity, features part 2 [...]

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Published on February 15th, 2006
Modified on February 3rd, 2007 - Leave a Comment
Filed under: Carnivals
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Optional Sales Tax Tables are Still Available

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Just a quick note to let everyone know that the sales tax tables (as discussed in part 1 of my series on tax breaks) have been rolled into the 2005 Instructions for Schedule A and B (see pages A-10 and A-11). So they are still available even though Publication 600 has disappeared. Thanks to jim [...]

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Published on February 15th, 2006 - Leave a Comment
Filed under: Taxes
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Natural Gas Prices Change (Again)

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Barely a month after learning that our natural gas bill would be going up (WAY UP) yet again, we just received another letter from the gas company notifying us of a price change. This time, however, it was welcome news. It seems that gas prices have dropped sharply in recent weeks, and that our monthly [...]

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Published on February 15th, 2006
Modified on August 6th, 2006 - 12 Comments
Filed under: Energy, House & Home
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Don’t Miss These Tax Breaks, Part 2

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Here’s the second installment of tax breaks that you don’t want to miss…

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Published on February 14th, 2006
Modified on February 16th, 2006 - 2 Comments
Filed under: Taxes
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HSBC Direct Online Savings Account Access

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Late last week, about 9 or 10 days after opening our HSBC Direct online savings account, two separate letters arrived… The first contained our customer ID, which turned out to be a not-so-convenient 20 digit number. The second contained our password. When I logged on I saw that our $10 deposit had, indeed, been credited [...]

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Published on February 14th, 2006
Modified on March 21st, 2006 - 6 Comments
Filed under: Banking
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Don’t Miss These Tax Breaks, Part 1

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Since we’re gearing up for tax season, I thought I’d write up an article on tax breaks that I recently ran across. There’s six in all, although we’ll be covering them in pairs…

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Published on February 13th, 2006
Modified on February 16th, 2006 - 7 Comments
Filed under: Taxes
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Moissanite Instead of Diamonds

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Just in time for Valentine’s Day… If you can’t afford diamonds, consider what may turn out to be the next best thing: Moissanite. First discovered in a meteorite crater in Arizona, Moissanite has the fire, luster and brilliance of a diamond, and it’s nearly as hard. While I’ve never seen it in person, Moissanite apparently [...]

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Published on February 13th, 2006 - 10 Comments
Filed under: Miscellany
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Weekly Roundup – 02/10/06

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Here’s what went on this past week around the MoneyBlogNetwork (and beyond)…

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Published on February 11th, 2006
Modified on March 2nd, 2006 - One Comment
Filed under: Link Love
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Top Tax Scams, Part 3

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Here’s the third (and final) part of the top twelve tax scams… Today’s installment covers four more common ways that tax filers try to cheat.

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Published on February 10th, 2006
Modified on February 12th, 2006 - 2 Comments
Filed under: Taxes
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