As is my weekly wont (especially when Yielding Wealth has been included), I am posting a link to this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance.

Yes, the IRS offers an installment plan to help you pay your taxes. And yes, you will have to pay interest.

If you have waited until today to pay your taxes (or file for money back), you are probably wondering why you waited until the last minute. Again.  (Incidentally, I don’t wonder this; I get everything ready to go and then don’t mail it til the last day. It’s purely psychological. It sort of makes me feel better.)
But there are some things you can start doing now to ensure that next year’s Tax Day isn’t quite so onerous.

Get organized. Look through your tax return. What sorts of things are you deducting or getting credits for? Throughout the year, keep receipts from …read more