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IRS Gives April 16 Storm Victims Additional 48 Hours to File Tax Returns

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

Directly from the IRS website. 
WASHINGTON — Victims of the major storm affecting several Northeastern states on Monday, April 16 will have two additional days to file their tax returns beyond the April 17 tax deadline, the Internal Revenue Service announced today.

Taxes - Time’s Almost Up, Lessons of the Year

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Tuesday, April 17th is the big day.   Are you ready? 
Unfortunately, I had some delays in getting a form signed so that we could claim my step-daughter on our taxes so ours is off tonight.  Yeah, I’m a procrastinator, huh?
Actually, I learned a lot this year and I think it would be good to document it [...]

Sallie Mae Customer Service Review

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

My husband and I did a spousal consolidated of our student loans with Sallie Mae a couple of years ago.  He had a loan there and I wanted to simplify our life by consolidating loans so we did. This was a good plan and seemed to work out well. 
Early in 2006, we paid off the [...]

Collection Agencies Earn Their Reputation

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

I have a PDA/cell phone through work that I use for email.  I don’t use the cell phone on the PDA and I don’t even have a monthly voice plan for it, but the phone is still there.  The device is in my company’s name and I’ve had it since December 2005 with probably less [...]

Student Loan Interest Rates Dropping to 3.4%?

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

The US House of Representatives is trying to make good on some of their campaign promises.  They voted today (356-71) to halve need-based student loan interest rates to 3.4% over the next 5 years.
The bill now moves on to the Senate where it’s going to face a much tougher time than it did in the [...]

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