When you don’t file your tax return or if you don’t pay the tax owed on time, the IRS has specific penalties that are applied to your account.  Recently the IRS issued their Tax Tip 2012-74, which lists eight facts about these penalties.

If you are mother or are considering motherhood, a Fee-Only financial planner can help you manage your money so you aren’t overwhelmed. When you put effort into financial planning, you are not only securing your financial future, you are setting a great example for your children. Yahoo! recently reported on the results of research that [...]

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On my drives to visit my mom at her assisted living home in Petaluma, California, I reflect on how lucky my siblings and I are that she is comfortable and well cared for and that my parents were vigilant savers. Mom will be 91 in July. She voluntarily moved into an assisted living home in [...]

Betterment is an online investing service. Betterment touts its service as “Simple to Use. Sophisticated Investing.” They also say you can “Invest like an expert without the hassle.” Low fees ranging from 0.15% to 0.35% of net assets certainly …

As reviewed in the article The Family Maximum Benefit (Retirement), there is a maximum amount that can be paid on a particular Social Security record.  As you’re planning for your family’s benefits, it is important to know what is involved in establishing the maximum benefit, as well as what can be impacted by the maximum [

Remember that old commercial where a woman sang about how she could ‘bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan?’ Even if you don’t, you are probably at least aware that many women have a lot of responsibilities at home and at work.