Welcome to Money Saving Parent! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to receive daily email updates. You can also join us on Facebook! Thanks for visiting!Tax preparation is certainly no pleasure. It takes time to gather up w-2 and 1099 forms, sort through brokerage records, find deductible interest statements, and then assemble (Continue Reading…);
TurboTax: Free Services, Tax Filing Expertise and Faster Refunds
January 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
File Your Taxes Online Through H&R Block
January 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Filing taxes can take time and patience and this is particularly true when tax filing is more complicated due to deductions, home businesses, and other factors. It can take a long time to sift through so many different online tax sources to find answers to questions, but one company ready to make your tax filing (Continue Reading…);
Open an Electric Orange Checking Account and Earn Interest on Deposits: $50 says you will love it
January 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Checking accounts are essential for depositing checks, writing drafts, and otherwise paying for everyday expenses and monthly bills. The problem with most checking accounts is that they are nothing more than holding places for money. Most do not earn any interest and worse, a large percentage charge monthly service fees. If a checking account (Continue Reading…);
National Parks Conservation Association Supports our National Treasures
January 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Do you love America’s National Parks? Most of us do and we look forward to visiting them each year, partaking in the great natural scenery, history, and stories associated with these national treasures. The parks are administered by the National Park Service and receive most of their upkeep from allocations of federal budget money. Unfortunately, (Continue Reading…);
Fiscal Cliff Compromise could include end to Health Insurance Exemption
December 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By now, everyone is more than familiar with the so- called “Fiscal Cliff” that may become reality on December 31, 2012. The year- end deadline marks the beginning of automatic tax increases and government spending cuts ready to take effect unless President Obama and the Congress can work out their differences and salvage a last- (Continue Reading…);
Fiscal Cliff: What Could it Mean to Your Family Finances?
December 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Much talk has been made about the so- called “Fiscal Cliff” and its repercussions for millions of Americans. The term continues to be used by politicians and commentators who warn of the impending financial gloom that resides just around the corner unless politicians take quick action. What is the Fiscal Cliff?: The term (Continue Reading…);
Could Dollar Bills be Replaced with Coins?
November 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
If the U.S. Mint has its way, the dollar bill could become a sought- after item for numismatists and other collectors. In an effort to save some taxpayer money, the U.S. Mint is proposing the elimination of dollar bills. Other, higher denomination bills would remain, but the George Washington dollar bill would be replaced (Continue Reading…);
Could there be a Payroll Tax Increase 2013?
November 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The short answer: It’s a distinct possibility. As many Money Saving Parent readers are aware, the Social Security tax rate was lowered two percentage points in 2011, from 6.2% to 4.2% of gross income. The idea was that the economy needed a jump- start and targeting Social Security, every working American enjoyed an increase in (Continue Reading…);
The Edible Schoolyard Project: A New and Innovative Approach to Education
November 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Children’s health in the United States is on the decline overall and poor eating habits are largely to blame. Parents may try their best to monitor their children’s eating at home, but what a child consumes at school is often determined by the administrators in charge of selecting the lunch menu. Students will tell you (Continue Reading…);
Calorie Count: Extensive Online Resource for Improved Health
November 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Child obesity is on the climb and continues to rise across the United States. There has been some effort to educate the public and reduce the instances of child obesity, but the results have been limited at best and parents still need to take an active role in watching what their kids eat and how (Continue Reading…);
Disney Friends for Change Encourages Initiative
October 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Disney is extremely popular among kids and adults alike who enjoy its many inspirational movies, its theme parks, its merchandise, and its community involvement. This latter category has received much coverage over the last few years on the Disney Channel and it continues to inspire kids around the world to initiate positive change. It is (Continue Reading…);
Free Mortgage Payments for a Year, from Quicken Loans
October 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Among all of the monthly bills we pay, the largest is almost always our mortgage payment. Wouldn’t it be great to enjoy a full year of relief from this large outlay of cash? Well, Quicken Loans is sponsoring a sweepstakes right now and the grand prize is a full year with no mortgage payments. Promoted (Continue Reading…);
Greatschools.org: The Web Resource for Concerned Parents
October 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ask parents to name an area that concerns them relating to their kids and the topic they will mention above most everything else is education. There are certainly other topics of concern, but due to its critical role in preparing young people for the future, education is often listed first. One way to size up (Continue Reading…);
Investment Growth and the Rule of 72
October 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
They say the number seven is a magic number and in the world of finance, there is some truth to this common saying. At least, that is, when the number two follows the seven, as in the “rule of 72.” This rule is often used to quickly determine how fast an investment will double in (Continue Reading…);
Farm to School Network Promotes Healthier Eating
September 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
If you have kids in school, there is a good chance you have concerns about what they eat in the school cafeteria. There is little monitoring of the food selection process in the typical school cafeteria and no one is going to stop children from making bad food selections. Parents have to offer advice to (Continue Reading…);
