Yes, you can pay your federal income taxes to the IRS by credit card or debit card. Should you do it? Maybe. Here’s how it works:
When you file your tax return through an official IRS …

Hey MYC readers, I’m ba-ack! Miss me? I know I’ve been away from the site a little while, and as I told you a couple months back, I’m on a part-time basis now. However, my …

Everyone knows how to write a check…ok, well not everyone, but I bet the majority of our readers do. So, for this post, let’s assume you know how to write a check. What most people …

I was talking to my grandparents the other day and I posed this question to them. I’ll get to the story that lead to the question in just a minute, but I wanted to find …

If you’re diligent about paying your bills and keeping your credit score high, the time may come that someone may ask you to cosign for a credit card. This will become even more likely once …

I’m on this whole holiday kick and one of the things I’ve been thinking about lately is how I can inject a little more cash flow into my budget. I’ve got things locked down pretty …

Personal finance isn’t exactly rocket science. We all pretty much understand the basic concepts of living below our means, budgeting, tracking expenses, etc. But, even as straightforward as these concepts are, there are still plenty …

In the last post, I told you guys I would post a little series on how I got out of debt. The first thing I did was prioritize my goals and write them down in …

I know I haven’t really talked a lot about how I actually got out of debt, so I thought I’d start a little series on how I did that. Just so you know, most of …

I have a friend whose mother is helping her through college. It had always been just the two of them as her dad had walked out years prior. They planned for college since my friend …

So, I had a situation today that quite literally almost had me loose my cool. A gentleman (not really, but I’ll be nice) of a certain age came into the credit union today and wanted …

Recently I went to a Franklin Covey workshop titled “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.” If you’ve never been to this workshop, I highly recommend it because it’s great for helping you achieve your …

I do a lot of personal finance reading and I read a lot about frugality and finding little ways to save money. I admit that I’m a bit of a brand name snob when it …

We got a mass email from our HR department that listed five things to avoid doing during a turbulent economy. I read through it and the information is solid, but I have no idea where …