This is just a reminder to anyone out there that’s self-employed, or otherwise has to make estimated quarterly tax payments… Your 2nd quarterly installment is due on June 15th, 2008. Since that falls on a Sunday, you technically have until this coming Monday (June 16th) to get your check in the mail. So… If you [...]

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I recently received an e-mail from a reader named Steve. For background, he’s 30 years old and has only recently started getting his financial house in order. Over the past six months, he’s built up a $2k emergency fund at ING Direct, and he’s been working to reduce his debt. That being said, he still [...]

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On the heels of my earlier post about the possibility of a second round of economic stimulus checks, I though it would be worth pointing out that a handful of people have erroneously received a second tax rebate check from the original economic stimulus package. The IRS has issued a statement saying that:
If a taxpayer [...]

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Speaking to a crowd at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Barack Obama began outlining his economic plan. Proposals included tax relief for seniors and the middle class, debt relief for students, extended unemployment benefits, the establishment of a $10 billion foreclosure prevention fund, and (get this)…
A second round of stimulus checks.
In response to concerns over [...]

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In case you’re still not convinced that politics is big business, check this out…
Hillary Clinton spent $212 million to secure her 18 million votes. That’s nearly $12 per vote. Alternatively, that’s nearly $109,823 apiece for her 1,926 delegates.
So… What else could this amount of money buy?
According to an article in the NY Daily News, here’s [...]

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I just ran across an interesting article in the latest issue of Reader’s Digest. It’s by Jean Chatzky and, in it, she talks why Americans are so bad at saving money. So what’s the problem?
Why are people scaling back on their savings and/or borrowing against home equity and their retirement accounts to fuel their consumeristic [...]

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The latest issue of Money Magazine includes a “Real Estate Survival” guide with tips for selling your house in the current down market.
Rule 1: Get real about price. Interview multiple agents, and have them each come up with a price based on recent, comparable sales and current market conditions. Don’t obsess over what you could’ve [...]

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Here are some of my favorite FiveCentNickel posts from a year ago this past week:
» Cash Out Roth IRA to Pay Off House?
» Why Avoid the 0% Balance Transfer Game?
» Avoiding the Gift Tax via Direct Tuition or Medical Payments
» Eco-Friendly Energy Savings
» Q&A: Earnest Money
And here’s what was going on two years ago:
» Ethanol [...]

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In case you missed all the excitement, FiveCentNickel got hacked last Thursday (more details here and here). If you’ve fallen to this hack yourself, check out JD’s instructions for cleaning up the mess.
With that, here are some articles that caught my eye this past week…

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FiveCentNickel participated in four carnivals this week. Here they are along with links to my articles that were included in each.
The Carnival of Money Stories included “Watch Out for Online Bill Pay Errors.”
The Carnival of Taxes included “Appealing Our Property Tax Re-Assessment.”
The Carnival of Personal Finance included “The Future of Retirement?” Also included was “Do [...]

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