Recent content by rk911

I use Quicken. Not perfect, but close. I update prices for equities frequently. Muni Bonds do not.

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So, the receiver does not have its own remote? Does the remote have a selector position to operate either the TV or rcvr? Otherwise, I don't see any solution exxept to open the TV and physically disconnect it's speaker. Maybe someome else has a better idea.

I control our sound bar using the cable TV remote. Using the TV remote I just lowered the TV sound to 0.

Just finished Jerry Seinfeld's new movie Unfrosted (Netflix). The premise is the rivalry between Kellogg's and Post and the invention of the Pop Tart. We found it amusing in spots but that's about all.

I prefer hard drive based software and use Word, Excel and Outlook (all 2007 versions). I do backups to the cloud as part of my backup routines.

We've been a 2-car couple since the mid 1970s. We always bought new but took turns buying every 5-7 years. We started paying cash around 1990 using $ we socked away every month. Our budget was what we had saved and we always bought the car what we wanted. That hasn't changed. I just bought...

Similiar situation here. RE in 2005. Had never heard of FireCALC so I, too, had a series of spreadsheets forecasting the liklihood of a successful early retirement. I assumed a 0% increase in pension and SS and a 5% annual increase in expenses. To my amazement we were good until our 100th...

Prior to the software update I was receiving daily summary emails for each of the forums I am subscribed to. Each email included new posts as well as updated posts that i had subscribed to. I'm no longer seeing those. I checked my preferences and it shows that I am supposed to be getting the...

i Our custodian required the tax ID number for all of our QCDs.

Maybe the programmer. I think of myself as a techie...an old techie but a technie nonetheless. If given a choice, or at least a heads up, I would not want to be diagnosed by a computer. Waaay too early in the development.

You could but it might not be accurate. Qualified medical expenses are limited to the amount in excess of 7.5% of your AGI. Pretty sure taxes are limited to a max of 10K. And charitable contributions have rules that can be confusing. IRS Charitable Deductions

Yup. I pulled my 1099-R and that box IS checked. I stand...or sit...corrected. Apologies My tIRA 1099-R has the box checked but the box on the 1099-R for my wife's non-spousal inherited tIRA is blank. ???

We keep, IMO, immaculate records. So far, we haven't had to put that to the test. :p But it appears we are fortunate in that our tIRA custodian mails the QCD checks for us. We supply our advisor with the name, address, tax id number and contact name at the charity along with the amount to be...

Based on our experience I believe you're getting bad information. - We instruct our custodian to direct our RMD's to X number of qualified charities. Assume the RMD is 50K. We can direct 100% of that to a single charity, 50% to each of two qualified charities or any amount to any number of...