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He Left a Warehouse Job to Go Freelance. Then a $14K ER Bill Went to Collections Before He Could Stop It.
The conventional wisdom about the freelance economy goes something like this: work for yourself, set…
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A Denver Nurse Was Leaving Hundreds in Child Care Tax Credits Unclaimed — Until One Filing Season Changed That
The April 15 tax filing deadline was six weeks out when I sat down with…
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After Her Husband Died, Patricia Lost His Social Security Income — How a Pittsburgh Retiree Is Coping on $1,800 a Month
The kitchen table at Patricia Novak’s house in Pittsburgh’s South Hills neighborhood is covered in…
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My Accountant Found a $6,500 Tax Credit I Never Knew I Qualified For — 3 Weeks Before the April Deadline
Three weeks before the April deadline, my accountant called me with a question I wasn’t…
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The Caregiver Tax Credit Most Working-Class Families Never Claim — and Why Monique Washington Almost Missed It
Most people assume that if you hold a steady union job, you are financially stable.…
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A Retired Postal Worker Clips Coupons to Survive on Fixed Income — The Benefits She Didn’t Know She Qualified For
The conventional story about retirement in America goes like this: work hard, save diligently, and…
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She Worked 32 Years for USPS and Still Can’t Afford a New Roof — Patricia Novak’s Fight to Stretch a Fixed Income
The coupon binder was the first thing I noticed when I walked into Patricia Novak’s…
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The IRS Owes Millions of Americans Up to $7,830 This Tax Season — Are You on the List
Have you ever filed your taxes, hit submit, and later wondered if you left money…
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After a Divorce Drained His Savings, This HVAC Tech Discovered the Tax Credit He’d Been Missing for Three Years
Most divorced parents assume the custodial parent automatically holds all the tax advantages. That assumption,…
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After COVID Wiped Out His Savings, a Miami Dad of Four Found $11,000 in Tax Credits He Almost Missed
Roughly 9 million American workers in the food service industry lost their jobs in the…