http://www.me-finance-blog.com Me Finance Blog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:49:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Have you heard of the Olympics Hangover? It’s when you stay up way too late watching “just one more event” and end up being red-eyed and unproductive the next day. So to counteract this, I used the public library for the first time in a long ... http://www.me-finance-blog.com/me-finance-blog/utilizing-the-public-library-to-complete-some-goals/ This is a guest post from Cara, a personal development coach and the founder of Carajaz Coaching.  With money issues, Cara works with people to find and resolve the root cause so that old thoughts about money no longer hold them back from the prosperity that they desire. An old ... http://www.me-finance-blog.com/me-finance-blog/the-psychology-of-money/ Yesterday’s article explained the basics of the taxation of private Canadian corporations. Today, we’ll go through a couple of scenarios to see the tax implications of withdrawing money from the corporation. Scenario 1: Say that Jim from Newfoundland had a private incorporated business that made $10k/yr. Jim also makes ... http://www.me-finance-blog.com/me-finance-blog/private-canadian-corporations-and-taxes-scenarios/ Now that we have a home that we plan to stay in for a while, we are considering buying a chest freezer to place in the garage. Growing up, a lot of my friends with larger families had either a chest freezer or a second refrigerator in the ... http://www.me-finance-blog.com/me-finance-blog/cost-vs-benefit-analysis-extra-chest-freezer-in-the-garage/ For those of you with personal businesses that are growing, it may come to the point where you will want to incorporate. There are numerous benefits of setting up a private corporation for your small business, among them include: Litigation protection. Lower business income tax. The ability to sell your business up ... http://www.me-finance-blog.com/me-finance-blog/private-canadian-corporations-and-taxes-the-basics/ TheMoneyWriters have added a new member to the group who writes from a frugal perspective. As one of the fastest growing personal finance blogs out there, we are pleased to announce FrugalDad as part of the team! Here are some articles from TheMoneyWriters this week that has caught my attention: My ... http://www.me-finance-blog.com/me-finance-blog/saturday-money-links-august-16-2008/ An extension of the new Live.com Search Engine cashback system mentioned previously, it has been discussed ad nauseam here, here, and here. At first glance, I thought it would be a short-lived misprint/typo kind of deal, so I didn’t bother. It did disappear, but now it is ... http://www.me-finance-blog.com/me-finance-blog/25-cashback-on-anything-bought-at-ebay/ Costco This week I renewed my Costco Membership. As I have a hard time paying full price for anything, I found the latest online coupon code (GSWEB24) for a $25 gift card with a new Costco membership. The great thing about getting the membership online is that you can ... http://www.me-finance-blog.com/me-finance-blog/carnivals-news-and-costco-aug-15-2008/ It’s not every day that you get to interview someone who: started out as an Emergency Medicine doctor in her native country of Russia, went on to be a body double for Cindy Crawford, is a former public relations executive, has been reading my blog for nearly a year , … and now ... http://www.me-finance-blog.com/me-finance-blog/entrepreneur-interview-irina-patterson-balloon-art-entertainer/ Regular reader, commenter, and personal finance enthusiast, DAvid, has shared with us some of his thoughts on how to determine the true “value” of a defined benefit pension. As an avid follower of Frugal Trader’s Million Dollar Journey, and subsequent to some discussion on the topic, I began to ... http://www.me-finance-blog.com/me-finance-blog/the-million-dollar-journey-and-defined-benefit-pensions-are-you-there-already/