Taxes for Young Adults

A tax refund can feel like a windfall. It is not. It is your money that the government held all year because too much was withheld. That does not...

Student loan interest is one of the few tax breaks that puts money back in your pocket while you’re paying off debt. If you paid interest on a...

Paying student loans feels like a tax in itself, but tax season is where you can claw some money back. The rules are not as mysterious as people make...

Tax season can feel like a trap when you’re already juggling rent, groceries, and a student loan payment. The good news is that the tax code has a...

If you are paying student loans and filing taxes, you may be leaving money on the table. The student loan interest deduction lets you subtract up to...

If you are paying student loans, the government offers a small but real break. You can deduct up to $2,500 of student loan interest you paid during...

If you paid interest on student loans last year, you may be able to keep more of your paycheck without doing anything complicated. The student loan...

If you’re juggling student loan payments and wondering whether retirement can wait, here’s the short answer: waiting is expensive. The longer you...

The fastest way to make a side hustle useless is to start five of them. Most people with a full-time job and a student loan balance have somewhere...

Student loans don’t pause when you get hurt. If you break your leg badly, get cancer, or burn out so hard you can’t work, payments still come due...

Student loans can make retirement feel like a luxury you cannot afford. Putting money away for a version of yourself in 40 years sounds ridiculous...

If you’re juggling student loan payments and a paycheck that never feels big enough, retirement can seem like a problem for future you. But future...