Personal Finance Blog By MoneyRates - IRS
Deposit Your Tax Refund Directly to Your Savings or Checking Account
April 6, 2009
The IRS gives all taxpayers the option to receive their tax refunds through direct deposit to more than one bank or brokerage account. Form 8888, which can be downloaded from IRS.gov, allows taxpayers to split up their refund and decide which amounts go to which accounts. Eligible account types include: Bank checking accounts Bank money market accounts Bank [...]
Uncle Sam Offers Huge Credit For First Time Home Buyers
February 26, 2009
The government will give a tax credit of up to $8,000 for many first-time home buyers in 2009. Is this a good deal? You bet.
What If The Banks Are Nationalized?
February 23, 2009
During the past week a new discussion has begun to emerge in Washington, the matter of nationalizing banks. This is a big deal, symbolically and in other ways. If you have a CD, money market account, savings, or IRA you need to keep an eye on this conversation. As this is written many bank stocks have taken [...]
