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BrightDime Quick Start Guide: Part 2

  • Posted on March 27, 2020July 26, 2022
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After you’ve linked your accounts to BrightDime, here’s your next best steps: 1.Categorization of transactions. Start on the budget page, select a month and scroll down to the all transactions…

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Retirement Basics: Roth IRA (Individual Retirement Account)

  • Posted on March 26, 2020July 26, 2022
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Saving for retirement is a goal that you should tackle as early in life as you can. Why? A couple of reasons. 1- the power of compound interest; 2 –…

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Retirement Basics: The Traditional IRA (Individual Retirement Account)

  • Posted on March 20, 2020July 26, 2022
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Saving for retirement may be the most important financial goal you’ll ever have. Why? It’s how you’ll need to pay for your up to 30+ years of unemployment (aka, retirement).…

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9 Common Tax Myths: Are They True or False?
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9 Common Tax Myths: Are They True or False?

  • Posted on March 13, 2020March 8, 2024
  • by BrightDime

Taxes can be confusing:; they are complex and the rules are constantly changing! Because of that confusion and complexity there are some stubborn myths about taxes. Take our Tax Myth…

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Webinar: How to Get Started With BrightDime

  • Posted on March 6, 2020July 26, 2022
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In this webinar we cover the basics of BrightDime and how we help people on their path to Financial Wellness. Whether you’re just getting started or could use a refresher…

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Reduce Your Taxes: 15 Common Tax Credits and Deductions

  • Posted on March 6, 2020March 14, 2025
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Tax credits and deductions are two of the few bright spots during tax time since they reduce the amount of taxes you have to pay. Tax credits are an amount…

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  • Glossary

tax deduction

  • Posted on February 26, 2020July 26, 2022
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A tax deduction is a dollar amount subtracted directly from your income that lowers the amount that you are ultimately taxed on for the year, called your “taxable income”. The…

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Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk

  • Posted on February 18, 2020July 26, 2022
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You’ve probably heard the phrase “Don’t cry over spilled milk” and are wondering what it has to do with financial wellness. Let us explain. Spilled milk means things that have…

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BrightDime’s Steps to Financial Wellness

  • Posted on January 15, 2020July 26, 2022
  • by BrightDime

Financial wellness is building a lifetime of good financial habits. It doesn’t happen overnight, or even in a few months. It takes time and effort but the reward of worrying…

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Can You Visualize Your Financial Future?

  • Posted on December 16, 2019May 19, 2023
  • by BrightDime

What do you see in your future? Can you clearly visualize what’s ahead? One of the benefits of visualizing your future is that it begins to retrain your brain to…

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