Month: March 2012

On a recent, beautiful and unseasonably warm, Saturday I decided to take my 6 year old son and 1 year old daughter to our local town center while my husband was out of town.   After watching the local kids show, part of a St-Patrick’s day festival, my 6 year…

Living abroad? Great! But remember, your tax obligations don't vanish. Uncle Sam still wants his cut, regardless of where you earn your income. This post outlines the key changes the IRS has made for reporting foreign income, helping you avoid those "pretty stiff penalties" they mentioned. Reporting Your Worldwide Income:…

[Updated with 2013 IRS inflation adjusted tax brackets and fiscal cliff changes] Congress and the Obama administration's fiscal cliff deal (ATRA act) means that 2013 federal tax rates will remain fixed for nearly 99% of the population. Only those earning above $450,000/$400,000 (married/single) AGI will have a higher federal marginal tax rate in…

On and off over the last 5 years I have been a holder of Apple stock (AAPL). While a simpler and probably more profitable strategy would have been to accumulate and hold the stock, I instead traded AAPL as it continued to rise and occasionally pullback. However, I am now…