From Springwise, I heard about how Oxfam recently recruited a team of what it calls “Green Grannies” to offer saving advice to the UK public about everything from how to darn socks to how to make delicious food from leftovers. This is particularly interesting in this economic crisis that we can rely on older generation [...]

GoBootstrap is a new online bookeeping application.  Sign up is free right now while the site is in Beta.  Two cool things that I like about this site is that you can import invoices from Freshbooks, and it builds you Schedule C as you input your income and expenses. This is so cool for filing [...]

Kiplinger Editor Erin Burt compiled a great list of things that for your finances while in your thirties. The first one is exactly what I am working on now which is getting rid of non-mortgageable debt. 1. Pay off your nonmortgage debt. Your thirties bring financial responsibilities you may not have had in your twenties, [...]

My good friend sent me personal finance advice that I thought I would pass on this information to Keeping Nickels readers. I personally recommend and use TaxAct. People should remember that they may be able to access free filing services via IRS’s FreeFile program Check www.irs.gov/efile for details after January 16.  A lot of people  [...]

  Happy New Year! Did you procure the services of independent contractors/freelancers during 2008? If so, then you send forms to those people by January 31, 2009. This year January 31 is a Saturday, so you actually have until February 2. 1099-MISC (Miscellaneous Income) forms are the forms must be issued by your business when [...]