# Taxes
Credit Karma Overview: Completely Free Credit Scores, Credit Reports, and Tax Filing
Credit Karma has changed quite a bit over the past few years. In addition to the free credit scores and reports from TU and EQ that it has always offered, it now also provides feat...
Good News! The IRS Will Accept Credit and Debit Card Tax Payments Directly
On October 19, the IRS officially announced a new rule allowing it to accept credit and debit card tax payments directly in the future, without requiring taxpayers to use a third-p...
U.S. Bank Account Opening Bonuses 101: Earn Hundreds or Even Thousands with Just a Few Clicks
In the U.S., credit cards are not the only way to earn sizable welcome bonuses—opening checking or savings accounts can also come with solid bonuses. Today, let’s take a quick look...
How to Invest in U.S. Stocks from Mainland China: QDII ETFs, Stock Connect, and U.S. Brokers
Many friends in the U.S. want to help their family members in China invest, or they’ve returned to China long term but still want to buy U.S. stocks. Today we’ll introduce how to i...
The Path to Financial Freedom: How Should You Plan Insurance? How Do You Choose Between Term Life and IUL?
This is where insurance fits in a financial freedom plan. Insurance is not meant to make us wealthy, nor to replace an investment account. Its role is: Before achieving financial f...
The Path to Financial Freedom: How Should You Use Retirement Accounts When You Need Money Fast, Face a Serious Illness, or Retire?
This article is very important because financial freedom does not end once you put money into the account. When it’s time to actually use that money, the taxes, restrictions, and r...
Path to Financial Freedom: A Must-Read for Middle- and High-Income Earners! Tax-Saving Tips for Contributing More to Roth
For most high-income households, Backdoor Roth IRA and Mega Backdoor Roth are both Roth strategies well worth understanding. They aren’t universal solutions, but when used correctl...
The Road to Financial Freedom: Portfolio Rebalancing in U.S. Investing — Should You Sell When Stocks Have Risen Too Much?
This article explains a concept that is very important in long-term investing but often overlooked by beginners: rebalancing. Simply put, rebalancing is not about predicting the ma...
Path to Financial Freedom: How to Choose Between U.S. Index Funds VOO, VTI, QQQ, VT, and SGOV?
Now that we have these accounts that can help us save on taxes while also allowing us to invest, and the money inside them keeps growing, how do we choose a suitable product that w...
Financial Freedom Roadmap: How Much Do You Need in the U.S. to Be Free?
If the U.S. financial freedom roadmap is about how an ordinary family should get started, then this article is about where the finish line probably is—and how different families ca...
Roadmap to Financial Freedom in the U.S.: How Should a Typical Family Start Managing Money?
This article lays out the master roadmap for the “American Financial Freedom Toolbox” series and ties together the articles we’ve published so far. It doesn’t go deep into the deta...