We’re bringing you the Roundup a day early this week. Tomorrow is Good Friday and our offices will be closed. Have a blessed Easter, celebrating the resurrection of our Lord. He is risen!
What you can learn from your 2018 tax return (Morningstar). Reviewing your 1040 and related documents yields valuable intelligence about your financial life.
How long should you keep tax records? (Kiplinger). Some you should hang on to indefinitely.
Tax returns show many 2020 Democrats have one financial habit in common (Business Insider). Most of the announced Democratic presidential contenders have been giving only a small percentage of their income to charity.
Let he who is without yeezys cast the first stone: Should pastors wear $5,000 sneakers? (New York Times). I expected this article to be snarky, but it turns out to be a somewhat serious story about Christians wrestling with moral questions re: money and materialism.
Which markets are closed on Good Friday (MarketWatch). This piece notes that "Good Friday is a Christian holiday that celebrates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ," but accompanies the story with a photo of a man in an Easter Bunny costume. Sad.
And from the blogs and opinion columns...
On the other hand (Jonathan Clements, Humble Dollar). Is this good news or bad news? Clements writes on the difficulty of parsing market and economic data.
Revisiting this IRS form might solve your future tax woes (NerdWallet via MarketWatch). How long has it been since you filled out a W-4 withholding form for your employer? You may want to update it.
Compare 25+ cash back credit cards in this free spreadsheet (Jak Frist, Tiller). A handy resource for comparing cards that offer cash back. (Go directly to the Google Docs spreadsheet here.)
Dementia is a threat to managing money (Squared Away Blog). When dementia sets in, people risk making big financial mistakes.
Is buying stuff the best way to help the poor? (Greg Phelan, The Gospel Coalition). An interesting question — and answer — about effective generosity.
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