This article has been updated for the 2023 and 2024 tax years. If you’ve been following this site, you know that I have been a big fan of health …

This week, popular shopping portal site Rakuten (formerly “Ebates”), is offering a very nice $40 referral welcome bonus for new users who join via a Rakuten referral link from …

The buzz around I bonds in the personal finance community has been off the charts the last 2 years, with guaranteed interest rates not seen anywhere else in recent …

Those who are interested in purchasing an electric vehicle (and getting a tax credit for doing so) in the near future will want to pay close attention to this …

As many of us have been dreading, the federal tax deadline is coming soon (Tuesday, April 18, 2023). With few exceptions (e.g. if you’ve filed a tax extension or your income …

Credit unions, as fiscally conservative member-focused non-profit institutions that distribute profits to their members, are surely safer than for-profit banks with return-hungry shareholders, right? That was my thought. Much …

Fresh off the 2nd and 3rd largest bank failures in U.S. history (Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, respectively), it seems like it might be a good critical time …

This article on how to pay your taxes with a credit card has been updated for the 2023 tax season. Want to take a bit of the sting out …