By: Megan Hard

Megan Hard — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 23:10:59 +0000

Burger Lounge is also really good, as is Urban Pi.

By: Megan Hard

Megan Hard — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 23:10:22 +0000

We just got a huge tax bill because we messed up on our W4s, so we will need to start saving money on things like dining out. I’ll give this a try! In general going to cheaper places is better (we like Las Olas in Cardiff – really affordable and you get a lot of food, and it’s across the street from the ocean!), but you’re right if there is a special occasion coming up all you need to do is not go out every weekend so you can save for that one occasion. In general we are going to try to go out less often (while groceries cost a lot, you have to buy them anyway and it is often cheaper to make your own meal) and I think we’ll refrain from ordering booze when out as that jacks up the bill a lot! So the main thing we are going to do with trimming the costs of dining out is pay back ourselves for the huge amount of money we are about to lose to the IRS 🙁 Lesson learned – if you are put into a higher tax bracket (be aware of your tax bracket!) because you or your partner got a raise, you can ask your employer to take out extra money from your paycheck toward state and federal so that you are paying an additional amount of tax throughout the year instead of a fat bill all at once at the end of the year. I never knew you could do that!! It’s really important to get a tax estimate at the beginning of the calendar year (and an accurate one) so that you know what you’ll owe come 4/15 of next year. Our tax guy failed to do this for us even though he knew we got a bump in salary late last year. Incidentally we’ll be looking for a new tax preparer for 2016 🙁

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By: Megan Hard

By: Megan Hard