My Last Income Tax Update (hopefully)

I have given the readers of this blog an insight into my taxes, so I felt the need to give a conclusion to my income tax “situation” (yes, it has been upgraded to a situation).  These past updates include:

Meeting my CPA Tomorrow – What should You Bring when Meeting with your CPA?
Taxes are E-Files; What

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Happy Easter

I have mentioned at some point that while I am not really super religious, I am Greek Orthodox and Today is Greek Easter! I have to have at least ONE Greek reader so I figured I’d say Happy Easter and Christos Anesti!

Why is Greek Orthodox Easter a Different Date than Western Christian Religions (Roman

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Where is my 2008 Tax Refund?

Check the status of your Federal Refund with the IRS’ “Where’s my Refund”

I had previously discussed meeting with my accountant, why I wasn’t a huge fan of my account and receiving the news of my New York & Federal income tax refund.  Well its been a while, or at least it feels like a while

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2008 Taxes Update - Taxes are E-Filed; What I am doing with the Refund?

I previously discussed the items one should bring to a tax appointment so I figured I should give my readers an update as to what happened.

Our Meeting with our “New” Accountant

The wife and I met with an accountant which came highly recommended by a co-worker.  The meeting went well, and he was shocked how organized

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Life is More than Just Finances

There is More to Life than Finances

I  got a very large reminder today that life is about more than just finance, personal or otherwise.  Today (3/9/09), I spent approximately 14 hours in a hospital.  My dad had an aortic valve replaced (AVR Surgery).  My dad is an interesting guy he is otherwise known as “Pops”,  Uncle “his name”,

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Financial Update 3/4/09

One of the main reasons I started this site was to keep myself accountable to anyone that was reading!  Boy, have I failed (go ahead and yell at me…its cool). 

Right now I am focusing on debt repayment, when that is over I will work on pumping up my savings and I will share those numbers

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Free Oil Change from Mitsubishi – Should I do it?

I received an E-Mail the other day from Mitsubishi Motors offering me a free Oil Change, first thoughts, “Damn it, I don’t want to bring my car to the dealer!”  They are going to try and get me to buy a new car THEN when I tell them I don’t want a new car they

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A Lesson (almost) Learned the Hardway

Warren Buffet is said to uttered the wise wise words,

Never invest in a business you cannot understand

Well the wife learned a real life personal finance lesson this past vacation to the Dominican Republic.   Upon walking into the Casino the first night I was given a $5 free chip which could only be used on ONE

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