The state of Texas has recently announced that a 13 week unemployment benefit extension has been made official. This will affect anyone who has exhausted or will exhaust their 59 weeks of unemployment benefits. The money for this extension will be coming from the 2009 stimulus package announced by President Obama at the beginning of [...]
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Here are the rules for the new “Cash For Clunkers” government program. If your car qualifies then you could receive a credit of either $3500 or $4500 towards the purchase or lease of a new car. Read more about the details of the Cash for Clunkers bill. [edit Aug 30 - Cash for Appliances program [...]
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President Obama has recently signed the “Cash For Clunkers” program – officially known as the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS). This federal program is being run by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and has a budget of $1,000,000,000 (1 billion dollars). The basic idea of the program is that you can trade in your [...]
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Having an emergency fund is one of the cornerstones of good financial budgeting. The best place to keep that emergency fund is not underneath your mattress but in a high interest savings account such as Ally Bank. Some people don’t like to keep cash so they prefer to utilize lines of credit, but what do [...]
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This article will explain the following: Exactly what balance transfer credit cards are How you can save money by getting one Things to look for in a zero balance credit card. What are balance transfer credit cards? These credit cards allow you to transfer your existing credit card balances to the new balance transfer credit [...]
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Online savings account interest rates are not very high these days. It wasn’t long ago when you could get 4% or 5% on your savings which seems pretty good right now! It’s very easy to dismiss rates that are as low as 1% or 2% but keep reading – I hope to show you that [...]
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Update – Feb 7, 2011 – Legislation to add extra weeks for 99ers Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee (Calif.) and Bobby Scott (Va.) are reintroducing legislation this week to provide additional weeks of unemployment insurance benefits for “99ers,” Main article In 2009, the 2009 stimulus package was created by President Obama and provided extra funding for [...]
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The 2009 stimulus package signed by president Obama contains quite a few financial stimulus for many different parts of the population. Infrastructure spending, tax cuts make up most of the bill but one of the key aspects to the package is a special cash payment. This won’t be like the general stimulus check of last [...]
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Everyone knows what credit cards are…unfortunately some of us know all too well how hard it can be to pay off the balances. Once you get in the habit of only making the minimum balance on your credit card balance then it is very difficult to lower the debt because the interest rates are so [...]
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Update – Feb 7, 2011 – Legislation to add extra weeks for 99ers Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee (Calif.) and Bobby Scott (Va.) are reintroducing legislation this week to provide additional weeks of unemployment insurance benefits for “99ers,” Main article Part of Obama’s 2009 stimulus package was extra funding for states to extend the length of [...]
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Update – Feb 7, 2011 – Legislation to add extra weeks for 99ers Democratic Reps. Barbara Lee (Calif.) and Bobby Scott (Va.) are reintroducing legislation this week to provide additional weeks of unemployment insurance benefits for “99ers,” Main article On May 12, the Senate finance committee voted and unanimously approved changes to legislation which will [...]
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Please note the comments are closed on this post because of technical difficulties. The discussion has been moved to this post. [update on May 12 New York extends unemployment by 13 weeks] [update on May 19 - Unemployment bill to extend EB by 13 weeks has been passed by legislature]. The state of New York [...]
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As a result of the 2009 federal stimulus package (otherwise known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) there will be a $250 stimulus check paid out to all Social Security recipients in 2009. You might have already received a letter from the Social Security Administration telling you about this one-time payment. The Social Security [...]
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As a result of the 2009 federal stimulus package (otherwise known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) there will be a $250 stimulus check paid out to all recipients of SSI (Supplemental Security Income). The Social Security Administration is planning to send out these payments during the month of May so if you are [...]
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If you are still working on filing your taxes with the IRS after the April 15th deadline or perhaps you haven’t even thought about doing your taxes then you need to read this article – all the various financial penalties will be outlined. Once you have finished this article, then you should be more motivated [...]
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If you are a Canadian college or university student and want to file your last minute 2008 taxes (which include tuition expenses) then check out the QuickTax Student Online Edition. The tax return filing software is easy to sign up for and you can’t find a better price than free! If you thinking about buying [...]
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One of the highlights of President Obama’s recently signed American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act was the announcement of a $250 stimulus payment to individuals who currently receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Social Security benefits, Veterans benefits or Railroad Retirement benefits. Will Social Security Payments Be Paid If United States Defaults On Debt? Update -Will [...]
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COBRA insurance is temporary health care insurance for people who have just lost their job and their health insurance coverage. It is also used by recent retirees and commonly covers spouses and children as well. Typically it is used by workers who are between jobs that provide health care and is provided by the previous [...]
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As part of the recent economic stimulus bill of 2009 – an $8,000 home buyer tax credit was created. This credit will apply to home buyers who buy a home this year. Clearly this is an effort to try to keep up house values and given how much they have fallen, perhaps it is a [...]
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One of the more interesting aspects of the recent economic stimulus bill was the introduction of a federal income tax deduction on any taxes and excise taxes paid on a new vehicle. This was introduced because of the poor condition of the big 3 car companies since this deduction will help encourage some people to [...]
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