September 12, 2006

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	Calendars and Tax Savings!
	This month’s edition of The Download teaches you how to use online calendars and how to budget for next summer’s camp experience. You will save time and money with these tips!

By Dory Devlin, Yahoo.com

The emails are coming in fast. Soccer practices Wednesdays and Thursdays, games Saturdays. Flag football starts next week. Games Monday and Wednesday. Back to school nights at two schools in late September...

Break out the calendar.

We all find the systems that work eventually, but this year I've moved my calendar online. I'm on my computer a lot of the day, and when I'm out I can easily access it on my phone. I use Yahoo! Calendar. As Cnet says,it's easy to use and intuitive. You can click on a Quick Add Event box to quickly add an appointment, or click on the Add link to pull up the date and time calendar to add events.

Blog listing online calendars

PC World's review of Google Calendar

Yahoo Calendar

TechCrunch's review of 30 Boxes

Google Calendar

Netiquette, or network etiquette, is the term used for proper communication and interaction over the Internet. Email is one of the most popular Internet activities and is used for both business and personal communications. When we communicate online, it’s important to be mindful of the message’s content, tone, and audience.

Here are some links that can help you write effective e-mails while displaying top class netiquette.

http://careerplanning.about.com/

http://www.emailreplies.com

http://www.iwillfollow.com/email.htm

http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/dec99/pirillo1.htm

http://www.dynamoo.com/technical/etiquette.htm

By David Jacobson and Carolyn Bigda
Money Magazine

As you might be discovering, camp is fun for kids but not fun for your budget. To cut the bill, Uncle Sam gives working parents these breaks for under-13 kids who attend day camp so parents can go to work:

Use pretax dollars – The higher your income, the more you’ll save by paying for camp with cash from a dependent-care flexible spending account, which you have set up during open enrollment at work
Plan ahead – If your kids go back next summer, arrange for FSA contributions during your benefits open enrollment during the fall.
Save receipts – No FSA? Get the child- and dependent-care credit for this tax year: 20% of up to $3,000 in camp costs for one child or double that for more kids – enough to fund a vacation of your own.

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