One day last week I came across an article in the USA Today comparing the pensions of the top 100 CEOs to the retirement savings of average americans demonstrating a deep divide. The capitalist in me viewed this as no big deal, because obviously higher income people will have higher …
In most states if you don’t pay your property taxes when they are due, the county will take your property. In Michigan you have to skip payment for three years before they will seize your property and sell it at auction. One aspect of this process is that in addition …
Last Friday we received our yearly property tax assessments in the mail. Usually these show the value and thus the taxes on the property going up every year. Imagine my surprise when I saw that they actually cut our tax bill! I’m curious as to how often this happens. The …
As long as you have an IRA or HSA that was established in the previous tax year you can make contributions for that tax year up until April 15th, tax day, of the following year. But what if you’ve already filed your taxes and want to make a contribution to …