6 Easy Online Tax Help Resources
Late nights, headaches and math: If you’re in the thick of tax prep, you might wish it could be easier. And with the number of sites and apps out there purporting to make it so, it’s high time we take...
View ArticleResearch: Money-Saving Strategies
Is it better savings strategy to one bank account or two? When I switched banks recently, I thought I’d stumbled upon a brilliant plan to save more, spend less. I opened two accounts. I put all...
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Free Tax Help for Seniors
Have you filed yet? As the tax deadline looms, we’re guessing that we’re not the only procrastinators. So we were excited to discover that the AARP Foundation has a handy online tool that lets you...
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Planet Talk: Cheapskate Jeff Yeager
Jeff Yeager is a cheapskate and proud of it. He’s the official savings expert for the AARP and the author of four books about saving money, including his latest, “How to Retire the Cheapskate Way.”...
View ArticleNew Scam Alert
When major government policy is in the implementation stage, scam artists get busy. It’s happening now with the Affordable Care Act – and thanks to the AARP Bulletin Twitter feed, we just learned about...
View ArticleWATCH: Rethinking Aging in America
When social security was enacted in 1935, average life expectancy was only 62. Today, we’re living an additional 15 years, on average. That’s one of the facts cited in our video of the week, “The Big...
View ArticleSeniors Come Out in Strength Against the Chained CPI
You read about it on Senior Planet months ago: Older Americans are fiercely opposed to a measure that reportedly is included in President Obama’s annual budget: the chained CPI. Today, supporters of...
View ArticleScams: Are You Immune?
“Good afternoon. I’d like to tell you about an unbelievable financial opportunity.” If you’re thinking you’d never fall for a line like this if someone called, knocked at your door or emailed you, you...
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Best Places to Retire Lists: the Best and Worst
In the movie, Fargo, one of the villains hides out for weeks in a snowbound cabin on an isolated, wind-whipped North Dakota lake. Mainly because he is bored out of his skull, he murders his partner by...
View ArticleElder Financial Abuse: A Boom Industry
The big gray frame house shaded by Maine’s white pines sits at the edge of Sanborn Pond, where bass swim between the water lilies. Arthur Green, 74, built the house, an adjacent cottage and pier with...
View Article8 Online Flash Sales: How to Get Good Deals
Imagine a classic sample sale without the pushing and shoving. Now, imagine the sale is taking place online. You have the website’s address, the time the sale starts and a general idea of what’s going...
View Article5 Best Countries to Grow Old In
Older Americans are looking beyond these borders to find cheaper and more age-friendly places to live. So we wondered, what do other countries offer their seniors? Which country has the best health...
View ArticleHow to Make Money & Friends From Your Spare Room
Have you heard of the “sharing economy”? An alternative to the big business-consumer paradigm, it started as an Internet-enabled phenomenon for tech-savvy types who wanted to circumvent big business by...
View ArticleYour Old Stuff: How to Sell It Online
Last week, we asked an organization expert for tips on how how to declutter our homes. (Read that article here.) This week, we’ll look at how to get rid of the stuff that you have finally convinced...
View ArticleThe Affordable Care Act: How Will It Affect You?
If you’re confused about the Affordable Care Act – a.k.a. Obamacare – and how and if it will affect you, don’t blame your bewilderment on age. According to a poll conducted in September by the Kaiser...
View ArticleTime to See the Dentist? Affordable Care for Senior Teeth
According to the Administration on Aging, 70 percent of older Americans do not have dental insurance. So a report this week in the Wall Street Journal, “Getting a Grip on Dental Expenses,” caught our...
View ArticleWas Your Info Stolen in the Target Hack? 5 Things You Should Do.
Turns out that using your computer to shop might be safer than going to the store: The Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday that Target has reported a huge breach in its system. If you swiped...
View ArticleScams: Are You Immune?
“Good afternoon. I’d like to tell you about an unbelievable financial opportunity.” If you’re thinking you’d never fall for a line like this if someone called, knocked at your door or emailed you, you...
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Free Tax Help for Seniors
Need help with your taxes? You might be able to get it for free. The AARP Foundation’s Tax-Aide initiative offers individualized tax help to low-and middle-income seniors at 6,000 locations nationwide....
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How I Beat the Clutter By Going Paperless
Last week in Aging With Geekitude, Erica challenged tech support to get with it and be more senior-friendly - read about it! This week, she’s saving tress and beating clutter… I finally did it. I...
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