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I'm responsible for our church's payroll/taxes, etc. At the end of each year, I put in an order to the IRS for Forms 1096 and 1099-MISC. These are free from the IRS, because, unlike other forms, you can't just download and use them from the IRS site. I usually get the order within 10 days...

I posted about this Russian group back in November and included one of their YouTube clips. Just wanted to follow up that they are currently in the middle of their first US tour. They played one night in NYC and are finishing 3 sold out nights in LA. There will be 3 shows in Chicago this week...

I have attached a Google Street view of a structure that is located NE of Downtown Dallas. We saw it when driving down I-35E. An overhead view shows it to be on its own piece of ground (not in the parking lot in the picture), with an easment drive to it (but no signage at the end of the...

In a case that's been argued since January, a Texas federal judge ruled that since the individual mandate is being eliminated, then the thing that the Chief Justice John Roberts had hung his hat on was gone, and therefore the whole act is unconstitutional...

...you might want to check out the group Leonid and Friends. I have embedded one of their videos below. They have recorded most of Chicago's hits and EWF's September. I am a huge fan of the original groups and are just amazed at how well this group has captured their sounds! They are from...

At the time of this writing, a lot of uncertainty still exists about the actual track of Hurricane Lane. Regardless, it looks like there will be much rain and wind throughout the islands. I read where there has never been a hurricane track to within 65 miles of Honolulu or Maui since Hawaii...

I am a chronic sufferer from nasal polyps. They completely eliminate my ability to taste and smell. I've had 2 sinus surgeries and they helped for very short periods of time. There is a newer (about 4 years now) implantable stent that is supposed to deliver a steroid after surgery to that...

QSEHRA is a Health Reimbursement Plan that allows small businesses to reimburse their employees for medical premiums/expenses they incur in the ACA Marketplace. Unbelievably, those types of reimbursements were made illegal by the ACA, when it first came out. They ran afoul of the "insurance...

Yep, Mr. "Buckets of Money" has (at least temporarily) had his fraud conviction "wiped off the books". The SCOTUS decision has nothing to do with the details of the case, rather they determined that the judge himself had not been properly installed. It was ruled that all Administrative Law...

I was a 9-year-old, captured by the excitement about this man running for the presidency. My father took me to a rally in northern Indiana just a month earlier, as he was trying to win the state's primary. Then, the morning after the tragic event in Los Angeles my parents told me to come into...

I heard this asked on the radio and the host (normally very knowledgeable) didn't 100% know the answer. Situation: Spouse 1 earns 50K Spouse 2 earns 3K I know if Spouse 2 earned nothing, then Sp 1 could fully fund a Spousal IRA. However, since 2 has some earned income, can Sp 1 still do the...

The IRS, citing all the complaints they received after reducing the limit to $6850, has returned it to $6900. See https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rp-18-27.pdf for what choices you have now if you already acted on the original $50 reduction.

This happens around once a night. I mostly use Chrome. At some point, I'll visit some website (tonight it was espn.com) and get an "IP not found error". I'll try to reload several times and still get the error. Then, I'll immediately bring up Internet Explorer and will be able to...

My brother's FIL was visited by an insurance guy which described a "Beneficiary IRA Trust". It described how RMD's could be avoided. Questions: 1) Can someone describe this product? I'm only knowledgeable in Beneficiary IRA's where I'm taking an RMD. 2) What's in it for an insurance guy...

Father died in December. I contacted Fidelity Inheritance Services in January to ask how to obtain my father's 1099's (INT, DIV, B). They took down my address and said they would be sent to me. I read where Feb 15 was to be the day of issue, but haven't received them. Anybody else in my...

For the past couple of months, about 2-3 times a week, I've been getting calls at work for a Joe Smith (not me). I've received calls from: --H&R Block --JD Byrider (used car chain) --Local sheriff department --Local bank (for a home refinancing. The caller gave me the address of the property...

Purely coincidentally, our travel agent booked us on our honeymoon in 1988 to stay at the headquarters hotel of the Ironman Triathlon on the day of the event! It's always held on a Saturday in October in the town of Kailua-Kona. Fast forward 30 years later, my wife and I are planning our...

I need to file for my deceased father and didn't know if I should have received it yet. He changed his address to mine shortly before he died.

Dad passed away on December 11 (Mom died 2 years prior). I've been doing their taxes for several years. I read IRS pub 559 (for executors, etc) and not sure how I fit into all the requirements for filing and claiming a refund, if any. It talks about a "personal representative", but that a...

I'm listening to Ric Edelman's weekly show as I write this. He just announced a major change in his firm's thinking about buying Long Term Care insurance. The huge increases announced recently by the Federal employee's program was the last straw. I believe in the past he was all for it at any...

Tonight we ate at a restaurant that, in my mind, has always had a very good salad bar. The bar has chiller units in it that sit above the food. We are in a very hot and humid period right now and about a half of the units had condensation drops forming on them which were sometimes dropping...

On June 1, I will become our church's treasurer. I have been training with the current treasurer since the beginning of the year. Currently, Quicken is being used. I realize that QuickBooks could also be a useful tool, but I want to keep things the way they are for at least the short-term...

Seeking advice for what to do here. My Dad, 85, lives in a large Independent Living complex in town. He has his own apartment and gets every-other-week housekeeping. He has a prescription for Tylenol plus Codeine, up to 4/day as needed, which is a bottle of 120/month. Two months ago, his...

I have a Master's Degree. Our family's employment and financial condition are excellent. I love my family. However, I have one secret that is really gnawing at me. You've seen or heard of the TV show "Hoarders"? That is me and my family. It's not necessarily that we want to keep things...

It is my understanding that Routine Physicals are classified as one of the preventive services that Obamacare requires to be covered 100%. However, is that the case if they are performed by a doc not in the patient's insurance network? Background: My wife just switched jobs and became...