Financial Blog
7 Ways Credit Card Interest Can Demolish Your Life Savings
What you don’t know about credit card interest can cost you thousands of dollars. If you’re one of the millions of Americans who carries a balance on your cards, you need to know what you’re up against before that credit card debt cripples your finances. Credit card...
7 Things to do Before 2017: Your Year-End Financial Checklist
With everything spinning around in your head, it’s easy to overlook these crucial year-end financial tasks. Skipping them can cost you and your family money – sometimes a lot of money. So sit down, take a look, and cross these off your financial to-do list today,...
Beware the Latest IRS Impersonation Scams
“This is the IRS. Records show that you owe a $1,556 tax debt, that must be paid immediately or you could go to court or jail. For your convenience, you can send the funds on an iTunes gift card to this address…” If you’ve gotten a call like that, you’ve been the...
Avoid the PayDay Loan Trap
Single moms fight constant cash battles, trying to stretch every single dollar almost further than it can go. And sometimes – a lot of times – our cash falls short of what we need. When you are barely scraping by, running out of money between paychecks, the lure of...
An Open Letter to Our Representatives: Please don’t raise taxes for single moms!
An Open Letter to Senator Mike Crapo (Chairman) and Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr. (Ranking Member) of the Senate Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, and Congressman Kevin Brady, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Please don’t raise taxes for single...