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Social Security Benefits May Be Taxable

Often, social security benefits are taxable. It really depends on how much money you make.

You can do a quick calculation to see if any of your benefits may taxable as follows.

1. Add up all your income, including tax-exempt interest income, all income besides your Social Security benefits. This includes any taxable pensions, wages, [...]

Live Streaming Camera

I did a post a while back on my Live Streaming Camera that I have located outside my house and I thought it was time to update that a bit.  I think I have one of the better PTZ webcams on the net. You may be interested in more of the details about this camera [...]

Should I Invest in Gold or Mutual Funds

In 1990, the price of gold was $423.80 an ounce.  I got that price from the usual benchmark for the price of gold, which is known as the London Fixing.  This is where the price of gold is established; and it is done twice a day by five representatives from bullion trading firms.  The price [...]

Debt Forgiveness May Not be Taxable in 2007

Did you know that if you had a real estate foreclosure in 2007, you may not have to pay taxes on any of the forgiven debt? This is new for the 2007 tax year. You see , usually when a house is foreclosed, the bank may not sell the house for enough to pay off [...]

Taxable Dividends from Mutual Funds

Do you know what that means? It makes a difference when you are investing in mutual funds because anytime the funds managers sell some stock inside the fund, you may have a taxable dividend. This is especially important in non-retirement accounts. That is why you need to pay attention to something called [...]