It wouldn’t be Christmas without lights on Main Street, cookies for Santa, packages from Amazon. And what’s Christmas without year-end tax legislation? Never to disappoint, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law the Tax Increase Prevention Act (TIPA) on December 19. For the most part TIPA is nothing new, and in fact the “extenders” […]
It may be Thanksgiving month to many of us, but to May college grads, it’s also the month their student loan payments start. Got questions about how to pay them back? We have some answers. I’m out of school; now what do I do with all of these loans? Each year a student borrows money, […]
Thanks to Consolidated Credit for providing this infographic on college debt. Staggering college debt is no way to start off a secure financial future. Yet thousands of students every year rack up thousands of dollars in debt. The average college student attending a four-year institution ends up with $25,000 in debt upon graduation, which is […]
I come from a family of insatiable learners; my brother’s first email address was “eduatheart.” I can spend hours reading and learning now, but when I was in college? The pressure of papers and hours of reading made it difficult to appreciate what I had. I wish I had committed more to my long term […]
Ah college… that lovely time in your child’s life when she’s old enough to want to run her own life, but yet not quite old enough to be self sufficient. It’s hard to send a child off to school and be in the dark about so many things- like how she’s spending her money. If […]
I’m so thrilled to have the opportunity to share a new feature with you here on Purposeful Money. If you’ve ever been frustrated by the challenges of raising kids on a tight budget, then we have some good news for you! New mommy and budget stretcher extraordinaire Andra Baehr will be sharing her money saving […]
Ready for Zero and Good Financial Cents joined forces to help people get out of debt. They formed a community of financial experts and folks dedicated to getting out of debt together, and set a goal of $10,000,000 paid off in 90 days. Sign up below to join them, or check out the Debt Movement site […]
I haven’t had much occasion to write about Dutch lately- you may think that means he’s been behaving… but it only means that he hasn’t been misbehaving in any NEW ways lately. This week though the poor little guy got himself a “hot spot.” Just in case you don’t know, a hot spot on a […]
As the election season enters the final stretch, we’re hearing about the presidential candidates’ plans for the economy and taxes (well, we’re hearing a lot of arguing about them). I’m all in favor of revamping the tax code to make it simpler and more straightforward to understand, especially when it comes to reforming the out-of-date […]
Want some tips on where to find scholarships and how to manage the application process? I recently wrote two posts about it on a new personal financial website called Dimespring. Dimespring is an interactive community with contributions from financial professionals as well as blogs by non-financial pros who write about their money struggles. I was […]
