Most people out there are well aware of Congress’ recent action to provide economic stimulus payments to most taxpayers. One unique characteristic about this stimulus plan compared to the rebates issued in 2001 as a result of EGTRRA is that the plan includes recipients of Social Security, certain veterans’ benefits, and certain Railroad Retirement benefits who have no other income.
IRS News Release IR-2008-18 explains how most taxpayers do not need to do anything special to have their information entered into the “system” that is used to distribute stimulus payments. However, those taxpayers that receive Social Security, certain veterans’ benefits, and certain Railroad Retirement benefits may need to file a 2007 return, even if they were not required to file under all the other filing requirements.
Surprise, surprise: members of Generation X have little faith in financial firms and financial advisers, according to a study recently released by Charles Schwab. Titled Gen X Money Mindsets, I was not surprised at all by the results. Below is a short comment from this 
Coming from the software industry, I had a mandatory introduction to the world of version control software (VCS). Essentially, version control is the concept of securing and archiving many versions of the same file in a multi-user work environment. However, version control shouldn’t exist solely in the domain of software engineers. In fact, financial planning firms can benefit tremendously from implementing a form of version control.
Several weeks ago I spotted the 
Last weekend I wrapped up an invigorating session of no-holds barred conversation. I was invited to attend the first meeting of folks from across the country that belong to a national study group. All together, there are eleven of us that spent 48 hours discussing anything and everything that was on our collective minds.
