fix your finances, save money – step 2

Breaking through the wall.
In the middle of the Olympics, I thought it would be a good idea to issue a personal finance challenge, one that I need to take myself. It’s in three parts:

Establish how much you actually spend on stuff
Look at ways of cutting costs
Save and invest the extra money that you find

This, is [...]

fix your finances, save money – step one

Are you ready? Get set, Go.
In the middle of the Olympics, I thought it would be a good idea to issue a personal finance challenge, one that I need to take myself. It’s in three parts:

Establish how much you actually spend on stuff
Look at ways of cutting costs
Save and invest the extra money that you [...]

do Brits really pay more tax than Americans?

A little while ago, I tried to estimate the differences between the US and UK tax burdens. Keen to give more accurate figures, and on the suggestion of deepali, I contacted my friend rocketc, a great personal finance blogger from middle America to compare some actual costs. Since rocketc has kids, and UK taxes are [...]