Every year millions of Americans move, many to other states. The IRS publishes migration data annually showing the movements of income tax payers based on changes in their mailing address from the previous year. I did a post a while ago...
Let’s talk estate and inheritance taxes. First we’ll do definitions, and Investopedia is great for those. What is an estate tax? An estate tax is a levy on estates whose value exceeds an exclusion limit set by law. Only the...
I’ve written about the often contentious topic of getting a tax refund before. It was one of the first posts I did on my blog. I wrote about it a second time detailing how much money you actually lose when...
Regular Accidental FIRE readers know I have a background in GIS and mapping and that I constantly scour the web for cool mapping tools. Being this is primarily a personal finance blog I have a special place in my dorky...
Regular readers know my background is in geography and geographic information systems, and I’ve done a lot of mapping posts related to finance. I also have a pretty sweet geoarbitrage resources page with tons of tools in one place to...
Tax season is now over and if you get a refund from the government you’ve either already received it or know how much you’re getting. I’ve written before about why getting a tax refund isn’t an optimal financial move. When...
Growing up, I would never have imagined I’d own a business one day. No one in my family ever had a business, and the mere concept seemed foreign to me. I was a product of my environment, which was a...
It’s well known that some states tax their residents at a much higher rate than others. The reasons behind each states respective tax rate are of course very complex. One contributing factor that many do not consider is how much...
I have some bad news for you. When you pony up your money for a cold one at the bar or take home a 12 pack for the game, much of what your paying goes to tax, not beer. According...
This post is for you high income earners, or those who aspire to be. So this post is for pretty much everyone still working, I hope. In the U.S. the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 set new marginal...
If you’ve spent time on my blog you probably know I’m not the biggest fan of driving and America’s obsession with cars. There’s the 40,000 deaths it causes every year (more than 100 every day…). There’s the smog and carbon...
Death and Taxes. We’ve all heard the saying. Taxes aren’t fun, but I think most of us would agree some level of taxation is necessary for a society to operate. Now exactly how much is necessary is a whole ‘nother...
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