Category: Hints
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IRS Further Extends Filing Deadline For Storm Victims
The IRS announced they will further extend the filing deadline for taxpayers affected by the severe weather in the Northeast. They originally announced an extension from the 17th to the 19th. It turns out two extra days will not be enough to get back on track after this natural disaster. The IRS is allowing affected…
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Extended Tax Deadline for April 16th Storm Victims
The Internal Revenue Service has given victims of the April 16th storms an additional 48 hours to file their tax returns. Taxpayers have until midnight Thursday, April 19th, to file their taxes. The sudden devastation in the Northeast halted more than 400 flights at New York’s three main airports. Weather warnings were issued along the…
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Reaching Live Person at Call Center
“Any proverbs about weather are doubly true during a storm.” — Ed Northstrum Yesterday, the big news before the Virginia Tech incident was the Nor’easter and the morning shows were full of footage about cancelled flights and airport lines. One in particular provided a tip that should be in everyone’s anger management toolkit. Or at…
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Last Minute Spring Cleaning? Don’t Forget the Cupboards
For those of you catching up with spring cleaning, or simply looking to use up food items before they expire, I found a helpful article that will save you money and get your creative juices stirring. San Francisco Chronicle food writer Amanda Gold explains in Cupboard Cuisine: Clean sweep can lead to creativity, “I’d bet…
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The Money Value of Yoga: Are Classes Worth the Cost?
My previous yoga article was essentially a primer for this, oh… let’s light-heartedly call it an embedded journalism piece. What I really want to uncover is the real value of yoga. At the time I wrote, Ironing is the New Yoga, Sort of, I was enrolled in a Yoga 101 workshop that was to commence…
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Ironing is the New Yoga, Sort of
I’m often rewarded with serendipitous discoveries when browsing the internet. Case in point: Garmentcare.info. But we’ll get to why I love this site in a bit. First I need to tell you about my obsession with yoga. No, I don’t do yoga often, or ever, actually. I’ve done it once many months ago, for about…
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When Fame Doesn’t Equal Fortune: Remember to Buy Insurance
“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.” — Francis Bacon Does the name Andy Bussell ring a bell? He was the college student experiencing his 15 minutes of fame when six weeks ago the Los Angeles Times reported that he was living in his truck to save money and pay off…
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When to Replace a Computer: A Buying Guide
I have exciting news to share. I recently discovered that at the rate I’m paying off my credit cards, I’ll have a $0.00 balance on all of them in 6 months! That’s assuming I don’t keep adding to my balances. There is one purchase I’m dying to make that will certainly set me back: a…
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AfterEllen.com Readers — Please Start Here
Welcome AfterEllen.com readers! If this is your first visit to Queercents, then here are a few highlights to introduce you to the site. Queercents is a personal finance blog which means we like to talk about money… to be more precise, we write by serving up daily tips, anecdotes, and epiphanies about spending, saving, earning,…
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