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3 Factors That Determine Whether You’ll Complete a Debt Settlement Program
So you’re wallowing in debt and you’re not sure what the right choice is. You’ve gone over the options a few times – credit counseling, bankruptcy – and you discover in the process somewhere that there’s one more option: debt … Continue reading
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Tagged Debt, Debt Settlement, Federal Trade Commission, FTC
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Discount Prescription Cards – The Basics
By: Tim Brugger, Debt.com Financial Fitness Trainer There was a time when it seemed virtually everyone with a full-time job, and often even part-time, had access to affordable health care. Today with the cost of health insurance growing exponentially, coupled … Continue reading
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Tagged discount prescription card, healthcare, medical insurance
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Protect Your Pocketbook from Pinterest
“Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.” – Rita Mae Brown By: Jennifer L. Lopez, Debt.com Financial Fitness Trainer These days, the online website Pinterest has become all the rage. If you thought that other social … Continue reading
How Refinancing a Mortgage Can Lower Your Tax Bill
By: Jessica Zimmer, Debt.com Financial Fitness Trainer If you refinanced a mortgage in 2011, you may be able to deduct points from your taxes as home mortgage interest. Points are charges that a buyer pays to get a home mortgage. … Continue reading
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Tagged acquisition debt, Debt, IRS, IRS form 1040, mortgage refinancing, points
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Tax Deductions for the Self-Employed
By: Jessica Zimmer, Debt.com Financial Fitness Trainer If you are self-employed, you can take a number of deductions for business expenses. Before doing all of the calculations, you may ask, should I do this work, or skip it and take … Continue reading
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Tagged business expense, IRS, Schedule C, Schedule SE, self employed, standard deduction, tax planning
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Managing Time Helps Manage Debt
By: Suzan Bekiroglu, Editorial Consultant The Importance of Effective Time and Debt Management Once you develop good time management skills you can apply them to getting out of debt for good. Effective debt management skills are crucial to your financial … Continue reading
How Taxpayers Can Pursue the IRS
This is Part 6 of a 6 Debt.com series on taxes authored by Charles T. Almond of Tax Closure. For an estimated 30 million Americans however, the suffocating feeling of back taxes and owing the IRS carries on for months … Continue reading
IRS Notice of Balance Due
This is Part 5 of a 6 Debt.com series on taxes authored by Charles T. Almond of Tax Closure. Receiving a IRS Notice of Balance Due can be a very stressful moment. Owing back taxes can effect your income and … Continue reading
Self Representation Before the IRS
This is Part 4 of a 6 Debt.com series on taxes authored by Charles T. Almond of Tax Closure. When a taxpayer receives an IRS Notice of Balance Due many thoughts cross their mind. Owing back taxes and having a … Continue reading
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Tagged Currently Not Collectible, Debt, IRS, IRS Notice of Balance Due, Tax Closure
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Late Filing of Taxes
This is Part 3 of a 6 Debt.com series on taxes authored by Charles T. Almond of Tax Closure. One common situation that taxpayers face is not being able to pay their entire tax bill. Many Americans have income that … Continue reading
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Tagged Debt, IRS, IRS Collection Notice, Tax Closure
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