For the first time ever, a company that my wife or I worked for offered flexible spending accounts (FSA). We were given two accounts to enroll in: Dependent Day Care FSA nad Health Care FSA. I will be looking into each of these in more detail. Today, let’s focus on: Dependent Day Care Flexible Spending […]
Recently, I started to make bigger purchases around the middle of the month because I found that I can save more money this way. Most of you are probably a little puzzled by what I just said so let me explain this a little further. Credit cards have a statement date where they will calculate […]
As I get ready to become a full time blogger, I’m finding more and more accounts and potential gotchas that I need to take care of before it’s too late. I’ve hence come up with a checklist to remind myself to find a solution to everything still outstanding so my finances won’t be affected unexpectedly. […]
“If you want to make more money, then improve your selling skills.” was what my boss once told me. At that time, my impression of selling skills is what a used car salesman need. Yes, those people who always over promise and under deliver. It never occurred to me that as an IT professional, selling […]
Once in a while, we read an article that asks us to sell what we don’t need. The benefits are obvious because we can get some cash for the items that are otherwise sitting in our house and taking up space. While this is great advice, perhaps an even better one is for us to stop buying […]
Speaking about different sales tax, I also remember an interesting experience I had one time when I bought something from Macys’ (department store) from another state and returned the product in Orange County that I want to share. I don’t quite remember what it was that I bought, but when I returned the product to […]
