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Comment on TaxAct 2009 Still Free But 2008 Tax Return Data is Not by Money Progress

Money Progress — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:51:25 +0000

It looks like you can go to the IRS website at http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=213471,00.html and apply for an electronic pin that you can use instead if you can’t find your AGI.

Also I just tried going through the e-file process at TaxAct and when I got to the point where it asked for this information, it was pre-filled with my information from last year. I guess they pull this over for you automatically, which is very nice!

Comment on TaxAct 2009 Still Free But 2008 Tax Return Data is Not by Anna

Anna — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:37:35 +0000

The IRS asks for last year’s AGI during the e-file process. Does this mean I’m stuck paying the $12.95?

Comment on Free 2008 Federal Tax Return Filing – A TaxACT Review by TaxAct 2009 Still Free But 2008 Tax Return Data is Not | Money Progress

TaxAct 2009 Still Free But 2008 Tax Return Data is Not | Money Progress — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:59:36 +0000

[...] the forms do come in, I have been adding them to my return. Since I used TaxAct for 2008, it was natural for me to check them out again to use this year. When I went to their site I [...]

Comment on Investment Changes after the Market Crash by matthew

matthew — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:45:09 +0000

As far as investing in the stock market, a few key players are sayng we may see the real crash in 2010-2011. 5,000 may be the bottom for the DOW. Oil, gold, silver, and real estate will continue to be good investments in 2010. Predictions of close to 2k for gold, $25 an ounce silver, and oil up to $90 a barrel by the end of 2010. Also if Isreal attacks Iran expect to see oil go through the roof. If the fed raises interest rates, the stock and real estate markets will collapse. Kind of doomsdayish stuff, but if you have your money in the right place, its heavenly. But this is only “here say”

Me personally, i’m looking to invest 25% in oil, 25% in real estate, and 50% in my business this year. We should see the next wave of the real estate crash hit later this year and have a much stronger impact on the commercial market, and would love to dive in there.

Comment on Investment Changes after the Market Crash by Money Progress

Money Progress — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:39:23 +0000

Great to hear from you again! Saving money to start a business is exactly what I meant when I was talking about investing in myself. It is just strange to think about investing in stocks and bonds which is essentially investing in other people and hoping that they do well financially. You don’t have any control over what happens. Its quite possible that these other people do better than yourself would do with the money, but who knows?

Right now I would say I’m about half invested in the normal retirement / market thing and half is money saved to hopefully develop a business of my own.

Comment on Investment Changes after the Market Crash by matthew

matthew — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:43:43 +0000

That is unfortunate how that all played out, and i agree totally with investing in yourself! Not that investing is a bad thing, but i hate the thought of putting my money on “here say” and random specuators ideas. I consider it more as gambling than investing. Investing in youself is what more people should do. Save money and start a business. If you fail the first time, try again. I failed with my first business. The reason why; not enough capital. I am currently saving up for another go at it and hope to launch by august 2010. And never be afraid to fail, because often you learn more than if you succeed.

Comment on How to Save Money and Feel Good About It by Money Progress

Money Progress — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:48:41 +0000

Wow, stacks of money in a safe huh? Definitely sounds like it could be motivating but i’ll stick with the charts and my money in the bank

Comment on How to Save Money and Feel Good About It by matthew

matthew — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:46:56 +0000

I agree totally with a chart. I started mapping out my progress about 6 months ago, and it is exciting to watch that line go up. I do a 7 day(cash savings) point chart. So every 7 days i put a new segment on the chart. I find that really pushes me to make money, apart from my day job. But the most succesful method, for me personally, was to buy a very nice safe and put all my savings in it. There is nothing more exciting and intoxicating than watching your stacks of money get higher and higher and higher….

Comment on Tracking your Net Worth with Yodlee MoneyCenter by Money Progress

Money Progress — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:00:55 +0000

What do you mean too cheap to use them? In terms of cost, they are both free to use.

Excel would probably be the easiest, like you use. I will probably start there. Unfortunately I haven’t spent much time on this lately (like I said in this post!) So the automatic tracking of Yodlee and Mint is still really nice.

I have some far off vision in my head of other cool ways to track financial progress but they haven’t materialized yet

Comment on Tracking your Net Worth with Yodlee MoneyCenter by Ryan @ Plantingdollars

Ryan @ Plantingdollars — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:09:03 +0000

I’ve heard of mint, but never Yoodle before this post. Both seem like great tools, but I’m a bit too cheap to use them. I simply use excel spreadsheets and it words great for me.

How do you plan on creating your own charts?