Archive for October 2nd, 2008

Buy a New Car to Save on Gas?

I’m the happy driver of a 2000 Ford F150 XLT SuperCab with 130,000 miles on it. It’s a great truck and it’s paid for.
My good friend also drives a 2000 Ford F150 with more than 300,000 miles on it. His is a great truck, looks good and is paid for, too. In [...]

Is Your Tax Preparer Qualified?

MarketWatch.com reports on the many mistakes unlicensed, paid tax preparers make in, “Some tax pros get it wrong: Limited study of paid preparers’ returns finds many mistakes“.
The article reports on a study of tax returns prepared by unlicensed preparers in which 61% were prepared incorrectly. Some tax payers owed more tax, some owed less [...]