Archive for December 6th, 2007

If I Did not File a Tax Return, How Can the IRS Assess a Federal Tax Lien?

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

 

Basically, if you did not file a tax return, the IRS will estimate how much money you would have owed.  Being they are a federal agency, naturally, they can and do make egregious assessments based on unrealistic statistics.  And, therefore, when they do place a federal tax lien, you may be facing a much larger bill than what is reasonable for your financial situation.

 

An irrevocable living trust was right for us

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

We were pretty unsure which type of trust to establish as we still have a business that we intend to keep running for as long as we can, We have a few properties, and other assets such as some pretty stable blue chip stocks, an art collection that we have established over the years, and some expensive items of jewellry. We decided to lump these together in an irrevocable living trust fund in the children's names. At the same time, we established a revocable fund for the more volatile assets that we have, that may change in value or we may even dispose of when we finally retire. Our business being a prime example.

A great tool called biweekly amortization calculator

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

What a great tool to have.  The biweekly amortization calculator can give you prompt calculations on your mortgage payments.  You need not compute manually your amortization schedule.  This online tool can do the work for you.  And it sure is very reliable and accurate.  So if you hate doing the math but can’t avoid the fact that you have to face the biweekly amortization schedule numbers, use the online biweekly amortization calculator.  It will definitely ease up your burden.  Plus, it is very convenient it will make your budgeting a lot easier.  Use the biweekly amortization calculator and see the difference it can make on your financial planning.