Personal Finance Articles


8 Great Things To Do With Your Stimulus Tax Refund

Great Ideas for your tax windfall–a must-read.

PremierGarage Lawsuit | Premier Garage Lawsuit

LearnAboutLaw Staff January 2008
In September of 2007, a large group of franchisees to garage makeover powerhouse PremierGarage, brought suit in the Federal District Court for the District of Arizona alleging, among other things, violations of franchise disclosure laws and poor product quality. The complaining parties are:
TALLYHO ENTERPRISES, LLC, d/b/a PREMIERGARAGE OF THE SIOUX EMPIRE
PREMIERGARAGE [...]

How to Maximize Medical Deductions

July, 2007
Had a root canal? Broke a bone? Well, what you spend on health care might be deductible.
The Internal Revenue Service allows a deduction of medical costs if such costs are more than 7.5 percent of your adjusted gross income–that’s quite a doctor bill for some folks. Expand your thinking, though, and you [...]

Top Investment Tip: Know Your Annualized Rate of Return (and How to Calculate it if You Don’t)

You probably know what you’ll earn this year in wages. And, you know that inflation will run about 2% this year. You know the dollar amount that you made on stocks and savings this year. But, like most, you probably don’t know your annualized return–the percentage amount of portfolio increase expressed [...]