Financial Wellness

The Internal Revenue Service 1040 tax form for 2022 is seen on April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File)

How to file for an extension, and other Tax Day advice

If you’ve waited till the last minute to file your taxes, don’t panic. You still have time to get it done.

A basketball is stuck in the net outside of a residence destroyed by the Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Have you experienced a disaster? You have more time to file your taxes

A couple holds hands as they are married by a county clerk during a Valentine's Day group wedding ceremony on the steps of the Dade County Courthouse in Miami, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Tax tips for recently married couples and first-time parents

A page from the Internal Revenue Service website is shown on a laptop on Monday, April1, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, file)

What to do if you can’t pay the taxes you owe

This March 22, 2013, file photo shows the exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Got your first job? Here are some tax tips for first-time filers

Content creator pledges ‘no-buy year’ to curb overspending

Elysia Berman decided she needed to drastically change her spending habits after she accumulated a collection of vintage designer clothing and a five-figure credit card debt. Her solution? A yearlong no-buy pledge. (AP video: Emma H. Tobin)

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A sign for the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, on May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Haven’t filed your 2021 tax return? You might be missing out on a COVID stimulus check

President Joe Biden departs after delivering remarks on student loan debt at Madison College, Monday, April 8, 2024, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Some student loan repayment plans have been suspended. Here’s what borrowers should know

Paul Safarik, 32, is photographed in his home on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Lincoln, Neb.(AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)

These little-known bank accounts allow Americans with disabilities to save and invest

People attend a protest in support of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, at the CFPB headquarters in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

What does having the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on hold mean for consumers?

A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building on May 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

The tax deadline is almost here. Here’s when you’ll get your refund

Debris from a destroyed home is seen as a newly built ADU (accessory dwelling unit) stands behind after surviving the Eaton Fire, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

How to organize your financial life ahead of natural disasters

Firefighters extinguish burning embers at a house on Santa Rosa Avenue, also known as Christmas Tree Lane, after the house was destroyed by the Eaton Fire, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Altadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

After disasters, people are especially vulnerable to scams. Here’s how to protect yourself

This April 13, 2014, file photo shows the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

IRS is sending out automatic stimulus payments. Who is getting them?

Several VISA and MASTER credit cards are shown in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Here’s what you need to know about credit card defaults

Medical bills are seen in Temple Hills, Md., on June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

How removing unpaid medical bills from credit reports could help consumers

The 2025 New Year's Eve numerals are displayed in Times Square, on Dec. 18, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

10 tips from experts to help you change your relationship with money in 2025

The seal of the Federal Reserve Board is seen at the building in Washington, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

The Fed expects to cut rates more slowly in 2025. What that could mean for mortgages, debt and more

Shoppers walk along Fifth Avenue on Nov. 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa, File)

How to avoid financial stress during the holiday season

A customer makes a transaction at a bank of automatic teller machines in the Queens borough of New York on March 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees

FILE - Students line up for lunch at a middle school in Sandy, Utah, May 19, 2017. (Laura Seitz/The Deseret News via AP, File)

USDA bans school lunch fees for low-income families

FILE - A person types on a keyboard on June 6, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

How to protect yourself from scammers offering fake jobs

FILE - A woman looks at a hand held device on a train in New Jersey on May 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

How to stay safe from scams

FILE - The Venmo app is displayed on an iPad on March 20, 2018, in Baltimore. Customers of Venmo, PayPal and CashApp should not store their money for the long term with these apps because their funds might not be safe during a financial crisis, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned on Thursday, June 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Why you shouldn’t store your money in payment apps

FILE - An elderly couple walks down a hall on Nov. 6, 2015 in Easton, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

What to know about this year’s Social Security cost-of-living adjustment

FILE - UCLA students celebrate during a commencement ceremony inside Pauley Pavilion on UCLA campus, in Los Angeles, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

The grace period for student loan payments is over. Here’s what you need to know

FILE - Terri Ross, left, checks out a customer at a store in the Huntington Mall in Barboursville, W.Va., on Nov. 25, 2022. (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP, File)

Before you sign up for a store credit card, know what you’re getting into

FILE - A salesperson shows an unsold 2024 Cooper SE electric hardtop to a prospective buyer in the showroom of a Mini dealership Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Highlands Ranch, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

What the Fed’s rate cut could mean for you

FILE - A sign for Oracle Corporation is seen outside their offices in Santa Monica, Calif. on June 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Oracle settles suit over tracking your data. How to file a claim

Rebecca Wood stands for a portrait outside her home, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Maynard, Mass. Wood noticed a "program fee" required each time she loaded money onto her daughter's school lunch account. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

US consumer watchdog finds that school lunch fees are taking a toll on parents

FILE - Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez watch an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles, March 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck may not have had a prenuptial agreement, but you should consider one

FILE - Credit cards are shown, Jan. 18, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

How to prepare for the Fed’s forthcoming interest rate cuts

Wrongful death suit against Disney serves as a warning to consumers when clicking ‘I agree’

FILE - People buy groceries at a Walmart Superstore in Secaucus, New Jersey, July 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Groceries are expensive, but they don’t have to break the bank. Here are some tips to save

FILE - Medical bills are seen in Temple Hills, Md., on June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

How to get relief from unexpectedly high medical bills

Trader Gregory Rowe works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

What investors should do when there is more volatility in the market