J.K. Lasser’s Your Income Tax 2011: For Preparing Your 2010 Tax Return
Whether you do your own taxes or you hire an accountant, if you are an American, you will benefit from reading J.K Lasser’s income tax book. It provides you with all kinds of tips that will ensure you are filing your taxes properly and maximizing your tax savings. Even if you have an accountant do your taxes, it is still important for you to understand any tax credits or deductions that you are entitled to. It is in your best interest to make sure you are taking advantage of everything available to you..
The book is an easy to read, comprehensive guide that will walk you through the tax process, outlining information on the various tax forms, and much more. After skimming this book, you will be well equipped to tackle your taxes. While doing your taxes, if you come across something that is unclear that requires clarification, you can be sure you will find the answer in this guidebook.
Use J.K. Lasser’s book as a reference while you prepare your taxes to ensure that it goes as smoothly as possible. Since we are not all tax accountants, it is nice to know that there is a well written and easy to understand guidebook that can walk you through the process and make it less painful.
Check out this book today. You will not be disappointed. There is information in this book that will be helpful to anyone who has to file taxes in the United States. The book covers a wide range of topics including discussions about IRAs, real estate, life insurance, and so much more.
The Laws Of Money, The Lessons Of Life: Keep What You Have and Create What You Deserve by Suze Orman
I just recently finished reading an interesting book by Suze Orman entitled The Laws of Money, The Lessons of Life
. It discusses the five laws of money that we can follow in order to be financially successful in life.
The five laws are as follows:
Law 1: Truth Creates Money, Lies Destroy It
Suze’s first law is very simple. Don’t lie about your financial situation. Don’t buy what you cannot afford and don’t pretend that you are richer than you are. Live within or below your means rather than allowing yourself to get into bad debt. Don’t think that others will not like you if you don’t appear to have a lot of money. People will like you for who you are and not for what you have.
Law 2: Look At What You Have, Not At What You Had
This second law is about living in the present and not in the past. There is no use comparing yourself and your money to something that no longer exists. The past has no power over you unless you give it power. Be sure to focus on what you have now and work with that so that you can move forward and be successful. Don’t continue to live with regrets from the past.
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by Pam on January 28, 2011
Smart Couples Finish Rich: 9 Steps To Creating A Rich Future For You And Your Partner by David Bach
Smart Couples Finish Rich
is a really useful book that you and your spouse can use if you want to improve your financial situation as a team. The main point is that you don’t have to have a lot of money or education to be successful. All it takes is two people who are willing to work together at tackling their financial sitution.
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101 Tax Secrets For Canadians: Smart Strategies That Can Save You Thousands by Tim Cestnick
I recently borrowed 101 Tax Secrets For Canadians 
from our local library and have found it to be extremely eye opening in terms of the numbers of ways Canadians can strategize in order to reduce the amount of taxes they have to pay. We can do so much more than just contribute to RRSPs to minimize taxes. The unfortunate thing is that most of us are just not aware of many of these strategies. So the next time you are tempted to complain about paying tax, try implementing some of these tips instead.
The book is written a lot like a textbook. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of tax planning including strategies for retirement, self –employment, employees, family tax planning, estate planning, and more. The book is fairly easy to understand and it contains practical advice on building tax savings strategies. If you are interested in learning more specifics on how to save on taxes every year, I would definitely recommend that you read this book. Although tax laws continuously change, this book has been revised into a 2010 edition so everything is up to date.
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The Smart Cookies’ Guide To Couples And Money: Earn More, Argue Less, Achieve The Life You Want Together
I recently borrowed the book titled The Smart Cookies’ Guide to Couples and Money
from the library and I found it really helpful and interesting. The authors provide a lot of insight on the struggles couples face when it comes to discussing money. The book is full of practical ideas on how to get your finances in order through cooperation and effective communication.
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Why Are We So Clueless About The Stock Market? Learn how to invest your money, how to pick stocks, and how to make money in the stock market by Marius Skonieczny
If you have been thinking about investing in the stock market in order to achieve your medium and long-term savings goals, I would highly recommend that you read Why Are We So Clueless about the Stock Market? . It’s well organized, easy to understand, and provides charts and graphs as well as examples in order to illustrate the main points outlined.
The author discusses the importance of doing research before simply selecting stocks to invest in. The book talks about the process of determining the value of a given stock and provides clear instructions on how to determine whether or not a company is a sound investment choice. The book emphasizes that there is no use in spending a lot of time researching a given company unless it meets certain criteria.
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Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts
For those of you who are interested in doing some extensive traveling, whether it be in your own country or overseas, I would recommend that you read Vagabonding
by Rolf Potts. It’s an easy book to read and contains some really great tips about what to do and not to do while traveling. He provides advice on what to bring with you, which is as little as possible. He also advises on places to avoid, things to look out for, scams to be aware of, etc. His book is chock full of resources and other suggested books to read to become a fully informed traveler.
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