If you are active duty military, your W2 is now available on the MyPay website.
I want to encourage you to take advantage of your local VITA office or taxfreedom.com. VITA offers free tax preparation for military members and their families. We took advantage of this service the first few years we were married.
The tax freedom [...]
Way back when, in the summer of 2001, my husband reenlisted in the military. His job rate allowed him to receive a bonus payment for doing so and neither of us had ever experienced having that much money all at once. We didn’t blow it on toys, clothes, movies or anything like that ~ we [...]
I started this to write about our journey to changing our money habits and getting out of debt. Then I had the idea to write about my small business and share business ideas. And then I had the other idea to write about topics such as military education (and military money and military money news) [...]
My husband started class tonight. He is taking two this semester - paid by Tuition Assistance and TopUp. Luckily for him, the book he needed for tonight’s class happened to arrive with today’s mail!
My plan for school this semester is to test out of at least two classes. When I transferred colleges (as so many [...]
My husband is getting back to school on Monday. He is taking two classes again this semester. As of last semester he was 3/4 done with his Masters ~ which means he only has two more semesters to go!
I’m so impressed at how well he is doing in school. His work schedule is so hard [...]
Two days in (okay does this morning really count?) and we are on the right financial track.
Because of the holiday we got paid late last week. I paid all of our bills and got cash out of the ATM. Me having cash is a RARE thing - I just don’t do it. I find that [...]
2007 BAH Rates are now available and the website seeems to be moving faster. I guess everyone looked up their rates already. LOL
Our BAH went up $50. It still isn’t at the BAH of ‘05 because from ‘05-’06 for our area and our current rank, it went down. If you were here already you were [...]