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A Letter to My Son
(Baehr Content/Blog)
... of the year to make sure your W2 matches, and then destroy them (don’t throw them away). At tax time, when someone offers you a quick refund for a fee, run right to the IRS.gov site, file your return ...
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A Taxing Season
(Baehr Content/Blog)
The holiday decorations are put away, things have been tidied up and we've turned the page on another year. No need for post-holiday blues, though — a new season is coming. This time instead of opening ...
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Hello January!
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January in the northeast… for most people it’s just a cold miserable month. But I realized this year as the calendar changed how much I like the month and the newness it brings. After all, I am ...
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Budgeting Tools
(Baehr Content/Blog)
... and Quicken. I’ve used both and prefer MS Money, but unfortunately it’s being phased out next year. They are essentially electronic check registers, with budgeting and reporting capabilities. Both allow ...
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Smart Social Security Tips for Women
(Baehr Content/Blog)
... job that participates in the Social Security system for about 10 years. The benefit amount is calculated based on your highest 35 years of earnings, indexed for wage increases over the years. If you ...
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Tips for Summer Interns
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I was quoted in this article by Hope Holland on FoxBusiness.com: Finding an internship can be hard enough, but with today’s economy, finding a paid internship in some fields is borderline impossible. ...
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Tax Planning
(Baehr Content/services)
... anyone intentionally paying too much in taxes, the IRS estimates that more than one billion dollars is overpaid in taxes each year. That's no surprise when tax laws change every year-even in years when ...
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Specialties
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Financial and Tax Strategies for Independent Professionals Most professionals go into private practice to fulfill a lifelong dream. What they often don’t realize is that they’re also becoming business ...
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Financial Planning
(Baehr Content/services)
... tax returns and always received large tax refunds which they would use to make extra principal payments on their mortgage. But this year they ended up owing several thousand dollars in taxes and had to ...
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Who We Work With
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... be done, before tax time? I never thought I'd be alone, after so many years of marriage. Now that I have to handle things on my own, I don't know where to start, or even where I should be living. I need ...
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How We Work
(Baehr Content/general)
... of the Open Retainer. The Open Retainer with Baehr Family Financial supports your financial life throughout the year. Accessibility Not only do you have regularly scheduled tax and financial reviews, ...
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Meet Erin Baehr, CFP®, EA
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Erin Baehr is the owner of Baehr Family Financial, LLC. She founded Baehr Family Financial in 2007, after working in the financial services industry for several years. Although it was a good learning ...
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Surviving the Money Madness Series
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Last weekend Bill and I went up to Syracuse to visit my son (he’s a junior there). We visited his church Sunday morning, and Pastor John Elmer had just started a series on “Surviving the Money Madness.” ...
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Struggling Homeowners Get Relief in New Law
(Baehr Content/Blog)
... Immediate relief and assistance credit for first -time homebuyers: The bill established a credit for first-time homebuyers, defined as someone who has not owned a home for three years. The credit is for ...
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Saving Green by Going Green
(Baehr Content/Blog)
... has reached $35 billion, and according to www.foodandwaterwatch.org, it takes up to 47 million gallons of oil each year to produce the plastic for the bottles. Although those bottles are recyclable, only ...
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My Christmas Wish– Community News, 12/19/08
(Baehr Content/Blog)
I don’t like shopping under normal circumstances, but this year I have been even less enthusiastic than usual. That seems to be true of almost everyone I’ve talked to. People are disgusted by the commercialism ...
