Tokyo has long been the most expensive city to live in based upon the Economist Intelligence Unit’s most recent world-wide cost-of-living survey. This year that has changed because Zurich, Switzerland is now number one. I can say from first hand experience that Zurich is an extremely expensive city to visit much less live. A few…
Starting this year there is a big change in regards to cost basis reporting for investments. Because of the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008, brokers (Scottrade, Sharebuilder, ect) are now required to file adjusted cost basis on any security that you sold in 2011. This is reported on IRS Form 1099-B. For those…
It is the first part of February so that means it is time for myself and most people to start working on their taxes. Although I tend to find myself procrastinating on a lot of things throughout the year my taxes are not one of them. Before you begin doing all of the work whether…
Over the last few months one of the hot topics has been whether or not it is fair that investment income is taxed at a lower rate than wages. A couple of weeks ago Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney released his 2010 tax return and it showed that he paid roughly 15% tax on around…
According to real estate data firm, Reis, the rental market is the narrowest it is been in more than 10 years. In 2009 8% of all apartments in the United States were vacant and now at the end of 2011 only 5.2% of the apartments are vacant. People are looking more towards renting these days…
Were you aware that prescription drug prices can fluctuate not only with the city that you live in but also the pharmacy that you shop at? Today marked the launch of a new mobile app, LowestMed, that is geared to help you find the cheapest prescription prices in your city. LowestMed has the first app…