Section
Finance
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The last week before the deadline, in order
If you took the six-month extension in April and the return is still not done, the worst thing you can do now is start at the beginning.
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Insured for less than it costs to rebuild, and what that does to a claim
Under-insurance rarely announces itself. It is discovered at the point of a claim, and on some policies it reduces payouts on partial losses as well as total ones.
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Seven deductions people get wrong, in both directions
Half the errors on a Schedule C are people claiming something they cannot. The other half are people quietly paying tax on money they were entitled to keep.
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How to find the exclusions in your policy in twenty minutes
A homeowners policy is mostly a list of what is not covered. The list is organized, it is findable, and reading it once is the cheapest hour of insurance work you will ever do.
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Before storm season, read the two numbers that decide what a roof claim pays
Wind and hail coverage has changed quietly over the last decade. Two lines on the declarations page now determine whether a damaged roof is a small bill or a large one.