Year: 2021

Fall Savings Series: Subscription Challenge – Find Cash In A Pinch!

There are so many current financial challenges for households due to previous furloughs, unemployment, and horribly low rehire pay rates, that quite a few are either on a very strict budget or, at the very least, still considerably cautious about how we spend… but some of the various forms of moratoriums and Covid payment assistance have expired or ceased while our financial obligations are kicking back in with full force, so now what? Well, Fall is a great time to…[click title to read further!]

How to Track Your Unemployment Refund

Are you still waiting on your unemployment refund and have no clue how to check the status? Unfortunately, you are amongst quite a few others…BUT, although the official ‘Check Your Refund Status’ is not tracking the unemployment tax refunds, there is one way to check the status of the refund! [click blog title to read this post]…

IRS Has Announced Round Two of Unemployment Exclusion Tax Refunds Will be Issued This Week

If you overpaid income taxes due to receiving unemployment compensation but not applying the exclusion that was granted through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 – and were not included in the first round of refunds, the IRS just announced that a second round of refunds will be issued in the next few days to about 4 million people…(click on blog post title to read more)

How to Obtain Rental Assistance – Receive Up To 12 Months of Rent and Utility Payments

Need more help with rent and utility bills?? You may have heard that the recently passed the American Rescue Plan includes rental assistance but may not know the details, so I’ve decided to write a blog post to let you know who’s eligible, more specifics on the assistance being offered, and how to apply for the help – (tap blog title to read more!)

One HUGE Reason to Save Your Stimulus Check – an Eviction Moratorium Update

If you received a stimulus check, here’s one huge reason to save as much of it as you can! The CDC recently submitted a proposal to the OMB that is believed to include a request to extend the Eviction Moratorium. However, the extension would only add approximately three months, which means full payment of past due amounts will be required very soon – unless other arrangements have been made…