Now Fico is supposedly making a big deal of its “open access” program to get your Fico score for free, but less than 2% of people can actually get it without paying for it. See this post in MarketWatch by AnnaMaria Androitis for more details: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fico-makes-credits-scores-free-for-almost-no-one-2013-11-14 So do they want us to get it for free or not? They better figure this out because if they are marketing this to only the 2% they might as well not bother. For financial, accounting and tax musings, You can count on us to count for you! Email: bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net Phone: 818-317-6035 Website: www.briantstonercpa.com https://twitter.com/bstonercpa
Financial Musings of a Burbank CPA: How a $2 debt almost turned into $90,000
Just to show that not paying a little credit card bill can affect borrowing in the future by killing your credit score, look what almost happened to Sheila Blair, a former FDIC chairperson who almost got nailed for wanting a 15% discount using store credit. She writes about it in CNN Money: http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/13/pf/sheila-bair-store-cards.moneymag/index.html So keep track of all your credit cards and make sure you make at least the minimum payments, or you could get it in the credit score, even if you are not a former FDIC chairperson! For financial, accounting and tax musings, You can count on us to count for you! Email: bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net Phone: 818-317-6035 Website: www.briantstonercpa.com https://twitter.com/bstonercpa
Financial Musings of a Burbank CPA: Another Obamacare Computer Glitch?
So I couldn’t resist posting this – funny, funny picture about Obamacare! Too soon to tell, but maybe the Democrats backed the wrong horse and are now trying to disqualify the jockey of the winner! Personally I am in favor of more universal health insurance, but I would rather private insurance companies would manage it and get tax credits and some regulation to have them toe the line rather than having the Federal Government be in charge. Uncle Sam has a history of making things more complicated , but balances it by making it 10 times more expensive than private industry, so why let them mess it up? For financial, accounting and tax musings, You can count on us to count for you! Email: bstonercpa@sbcglobal.net Phone: 818-317-6035 Website: www.briantstonercpa.com https://twitter.com/bstonercpa