Give Yourself a Raise
Are you looking for a little extra Christmas cash this year? How about giving yourself a raise? You may be able to if you were one of the nearly 99 million taxpayers who received a refund from their 2005 taxes. With the average refund totaling $2,200, that amounts to about $185 per month that people are needlessly loaning to the government interest free.
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Kiplinger's offers an online calculator to help determine if you're having too much money withheld from your income. The IRS also offers a calculator. In order to change your withholding, just contact your benefits or human resources department and they'll walk you through the process.
Managing Money by The Book
- "To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.'" - 2 Corinthians 12:7-9
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