File EZ tax returns free with Turbo Tax

For those using 1040 EZ forms with simplified taxes, Turbo Tax is offering a free edition online at its website. The program asks easy questions, then puts your answers straight into the right forms and helps you get the biggest possible refund by finding every credit and deduction you deserve. For more information, visit TurboTax.

Free Workshops on Holiday Finances

The Library at Nova Southeastern University in Davie is hosting two free workshops about personal finances related to the holidays.
The workshops  feature  advice about budgeting and saving money from university professors in the finance and taxation fields.
Register on this website or by calling 954-262-5477.
The workshops, Sound Financial Advice to Survive the Holidays, are Tuesday, Nov. 3,  7 p.m. [...]

Public Assistance Workshop At Library

Residents interested in applying for financial aid through public assistance programs are welcome to attend free workshops.
The  “How To Apply For Public Assistance” workshops feature information about food stamps, Medicaid and other programs.
The workshops are at the Broward County Library, 100 S. Andrews Ave., Fort Lauderdale. They are  6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, [...]

How to appeal property value

Broward County residents have already received their TRIM (Truth in Millage notices), which include the property appraiser’s estimate of the current value of their property, their assessed value for tax purposes and the tax bill they can expect with the millage rates proposed by the various taxing authorities.
Anyone in Florida who believes the property appraiser has [...]

Free Web personal finance seminars

Here’s a tip from our friends at Albuquerque on the Cheap:
The National Association of Personal Financial Planners wants you to become more savvy about personal financial issues, like basic money management, investments, kids and money, and much more. That’s why they’re launching a series of free online seminars (webinars) over the next year.
The Consumer Webinar [...]

Free resumes, faxing for job seekers

If you’re a job seeker, this offer might make your day.
Stop by the Design, Print and Ship Depot center in any of 1,100 Office Depot locations nationwide and get free copies of your resume (up to 25 single-sided pages) and free faxing of your resume to as many as 5 domestic numbers (up to 25 [...]

Free tax preparation, free TurboTax

With the federal income tax filing deadline just two weeks away, it’s worth repeating this information we posted a few months ago:
The Prosperity Campaign, an initiative of the nonprofit Human Services Coalition, is offering free tax preparation services in Broward County.
Free tax preparation will be available to people earning up to $42,000 a year.  Help will [...]

Fedex Office offers free resumes

FedEx Office will do its part to help job seekers Tuesday, March 10, with “FedEx Office Free Resume Printing Day,” and will print up to 25 free copies of each customer’s resume.
The offer is good for one-sided black-and-white resume copies and must be placed in the store. Customers can submit their resumes in printed format [...]

Homestead deadline is Monday

If you haven’t already, make sure you meet Monday’s (March 2) deadline for filing for homestead exemption in Florida. Most homeowners can get a $50,000 exemption in the taxable value of their homes, and senior citizens, widows and veterans are eligible for additional exemptions.
File out an application and take it to one of these county [...]

Free tax preparation help

The Prosperity Campaign, an initiative of the nonprofit Human Services Coalition, is offering free tax preparation services in Broward County.
Free tax preparation will be available to people earning up to $42,000 a year.  Help will be provided via a mobile van and various centers throughout the county.
The Broward effort is coordinated by the Children’s Services Council [...]