I would say the first three or so on that list make sense to hire a tax professional.  If you start a business, you should have an accountant anyway (or at least a bookkeeper).  Tax laws and requirements around freelancers, consultants, indie business owners, and large inheritances are complex.  If you fall into the…

“The people that run the subway ...“

The issue is that in Midwest cities like Chicago and Minneapolis is that they have to account for temperatures in the summer as well when they build things and pick materials. There aren’t many places where you can see -30F real temp. in the winter and 110F in the summer. Steel contracts when cold and they probably…

168 on the 1 is closed for the year. Guess what? That’s the stop for the hospital in Washington Heights. One whole year for elevator repairs. 

I used Credit Karma last year and it worked wonderfully. I have always used TurboTax and I went through the whole process with both (up until the end) and they were both spitting out the same amount owed for both Federal and State. The difference was Credit Karma not only was actually free (TurboTax is only free if…

It’s also incredibly expensive to retrofit elevators into the stations, which is the real problem. In some cases, the stations are also in landmark districts, which is another hoop that needs to be jumped through.

Think about the entrance to the typical NYC subway. It’s a hole with a set of stairs leading down into it. Where would you even put an elevator at most of these stops?

Terrible. Carrying strollers in the subway is the worst. I remember hauling my stroller and child up 2 flights of stairs, only to find out that the exit nearby was closed, then had to haul it down the stairs, go up another set to get out. Some nonsense like this would happen every damn time. Totally unsafe in an…

In theory, if there was decent bus service, that could help for shorter trips. Alas.

Elderberries grow wild in my area. Maybe in yours, too(?) If you can harvest your own, that’s certainly cheaper and you’re not wondering about the percent content is what you’re taking.

I got screwed by all the changes. Can anyone explain why they got rid of the moving deduction? Bueller?

I get three weeks’ paid leave a year. I make sure to keep a few days aside for when I fancy a long weekend.

The refund and credit makes you “whole” in the eyes of legal. What harm (legitimate harm) has been caused to the consumer if the agreement was cancelled and a refund (with extra) was given?

Do any of these allow you to message with someone who doesn’t use that same app?

They gave you $25 for nothing!  You actually profited.

When concerts are cancelled and people get their money refunded, do they get interest back on it? No, they do not. (n/m that that only brings up more questions - how much interest? which jurisdiction’s prime lending rate should be used as a basis? etc etc)

The issue is Sony likely never told GameStop how many units they would be getting in total, so GameStop (or in your case, Amazon) had no way of knowing if they were overselling.  Mainly because they WEREN’T.  They were taking pre-orders on a thing that didn’t exist, and then once it did exist, it existed in lower…

You are paying for a chance to get the copy if available, and you are refunded the chance if they don’t. It’s always been this way, even with brick and mortar, regardless of your understanding of what a preorder was. 

Selling more stock than has been allocated should be fucking illegal.

About 25 years after my husband left a job, we got mail from their pension plan - the usual yearly update - but we had never received one before. I asked hubby about it and he replied that there was little to nothing in it. I said little is better than nothing and went on the website mentioned in the letter and…