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You are a home business owner … have you thought about the responsibilities that a business owner must embrace? How about a business budget? Do you have one? Do you believe you need one?
Take this quick survey (only five questions) to let us know your views about maintaining a monthly budget for business.
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If You’re New Here, You May Want to Subscribe to My Posts. Thanks for visiting!Last week I posted a survey that asked specific questions about giving kids allowance. I wanted to see if this practice of giving allowance to kids helps develop better entrepreneurs.
Today, I want to post the results of the survey. See [...]

WARNING: 2010 Census Cautions from the Better Business Bureau
by Susan Johnson – August 3, 2009
Be Cautious About Giving Info to Census Workers
With the U.S. Census process beginning, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) advises people to be cooperative, but cautious, so as not to become a victim of fraud or identity theft.

The first phase of the [...]

Should kids be given an allowance or not? Does receiving an allowance as a kid develop a more solid foundation for money management skills as an adult?
Take this quick survey and let me know your thoughts on the practice of giving an allowance to kids.
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Here is some great advice I received in our school newsletter from Lisa Weir, M.Ed., Parent & Family Educator about how to talk to kids about the economy.
It is inescapable, and impractical to try and shield our children from the current economic realities. Doing so, can actually create more insecurity and misses an opportunity for [...]

I read an article at the doctors today.  A woman invested $13 million to start a bakery to be able to sell buns to McDonalds.  She was originally a McDonald’s franchisee.  But saw the bigger picture. She did not have a long history of bakery experience either. But she had a dream and belief.
Now [...]

By Brian Tracy
Resolve today that you are going to save and invest at least 10 percent of your income throughout your working life. Take 10 percent of your income off the top of your paycheck each time you receive one and put it into a special account for financial accumulation.
Save Throughout Your Career
The fact is [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates that 9 million Americans every year become the victim of Identity Theft.
Identity Theft occurs when someone uses your personal information, such as your Social Security Number (SSN), to pretend to be you for their own personal gain.
Thieves may open credit cards or bank accounts, open cell phone or other [...]

Do you understand how your mindset about money and spending is impacted by your current debt level?
There is a sense of accomplishment and power when you pay off your credit cards each month. Don’t you have the desire to CONTINUE to do so, to continue to maintain control over your finances? Doesn’t it become [...]

Your credit score is the most important number in your life that you need to take care of. Here are two very crucial steps that will help you have the best credit score possible.
1. Request your credit report from the three consumer credit reporting companies on an annual basis.
In accordance with the Fair [...]

I learned something today that I did not know or honestly give much thought to until today.
Did you know that Credit Unions have never been insured by the FDIC, like banks?
But don’t get scared, as I initially did. They do have the same level of federal insurance if they participate in the National Credit [...]

I came across something I found very interesting … the 2008 listing of the top 200 Wealthiest Historical Figures based upon research done by Forbes Magazine.
How does 318 billion dollars of net worth sound (adjusted for inflation)? Want to know who it is? Take a look and see if your name is [...]

We will all be preparing those yearly Income Tax returns shortly.
Will you be getting a tax refund?
What will you do with your refund?
Getting a nice chunk of money back is a great thing, isn’t it. It seems like free money. It’s easy to think of a lot of things you could buy with [...]

I spent this week updating our family budget for the new year. And thought I’d share a tip that has worked for me for years now. It sure does alleviate much of the stress of those large, ‘occasional’ bills. You know like car or life insurance that is due only every 6 [...]

From Bottom Line Personal, Winter 2009 Edition
“What You Should Never Bring to an IRS Audit”
The most common audit mistake is providing copies of your other years’ tax returns. Doing so greatly expands audit risk by giving the auditor many things to look at that he otherwise would not see, like patterns of income and deduction [...]