Fearless Money

During tax time, I become extra aware of just how much money it costs my family to live in Portland.

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I found a great site the other day which has helped cure more of my money fears.

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Yesterday was my last day at my old job, and a simply outstanding day for me.

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After quite a bit more work than I was expecting, I’m finally done with the taxes from 2005. We are getting $7500 back from withholding!
How can that be?
We’re not cheating or anything. Honest. Actually, what made the biggest impact was the $4700 adoption credit carryover from last year. I find that […]

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I spent the whole morning yesterday in tax-prep pain. Over a year ago, I dropped Quicken for Mac permanently.

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“EverQuest’s annual GDP—the total wealth in goods and services an economy creates—is about $135 million, or around half the GDP of the Caribbean island nation of Dominica.”, according to economist Edward Castronova. Yet the IRS has apparently never heard about it, and doesn’t know how to go about taxing it?Confused about what I am talking about? A quick backtrack might help.

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This year, like last year, I honestly look forward to filing my income taxes. December before last, we completed adopting a child from China.

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