Better Financial Counseling Network
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For many, student loan payments loom over their head like a wave ready to break. While a massive wave is the surfer’s dream, it’s an ominous reality for many borrowers. Whether you’re graduating soon and your student loan payments are just beginning or if they’re beginning after you delayed payment due to the Executive Orders …
Most of us sit on our money questions for a long while. However, if now is the time for you or your family to pay off debt, build wealth through savings and investing, plan for a major purchase, or navigate through a myriad of other financial choices and situations, then we can help you on …
We don’t use Better in our name because we think we are Better, although we do think we are Better. We want you to have Better Living through Better Finances and we can help you do that. We can help with your immediate money challenges, create a plan to achieve your goals, and build a …
Are you expecting money back from the IRS through a tax refund, recovery rebate credit or the coming stimulus payment? If yes, now is the time to plan how you will use this money. If this year has been financially tough…Use it to Protect Yourself. As a financial counselor, one of my first questions to …
Why should I be careful when choosing a tax professional? The tax professional will have access to key personal and financial information, such as your social security number, income and investment information. You need someone knowledgeable and trustworthy. You are still responsible. IRS Criminal Investigation (CI), notes, “Taxpayers are responsible for the accuracy of all …
Tax season is upon us. Like nearly every facet of our lives, 2020 taxes have been impacted by COVID. Warning 1: E-File may be your best friend this year, as there is a backlog in processing Paper returns. It’s been widely reported and confirmed by the IRS, that there are still millions of 2019 tax …
We all know the year we just finished up. But many of us aren’t certain of some of the tax impacts we’ll see when we file our tax return. I will discuss a few of those. Many taxpayers received an economic impact payment earlier in 2020 and many received a stimulus payment late December and …
For most taxpayers you will receive your economic impact payment based on either your 2018 or 2019 tax returns. However, if the IRS does not have your information because you haven’t filed or if you aren’t required to file, you can give them your information at this site: IRS economic impact payments And soon you’ll …
“I see a bad moon a-rising. I see trouble on the way.” That’s a lyric from the classic song by Creedence Clearwater Revival released in 1973. Here, in newly minted 2019, many of our fellow Americans are adjusting this lyric to the bad moon has risen and the trouble is here. Due to the protracted, …