Like many of you I’m sure, I’ve been working on preparing my tax return for the year, and as a resident of Ontario, I’ve been trying to figure out the new Ontario Trillium Benefit. What is the Ontario Trillium Benefit? Well, the Ontario Trillium Benefit is a new program from the Government of Ontario which combines three old tax credits into one, including:
Most of what I’ve learned about personal finance, I’ve learned by reading either blogs or books. Every week, I tell you about what I’m reading in the blogosphere, but I thought now would be a good time to talk about some of the personal finance books that have gotten me to where I am today. I hope to review all of these individually and in detail over time, but for now, here is a list. These are all timeless books that I would recommend to anyone looking to learn more about personal finance.
The other day, I saw a penny on the ground. So I picked it up. My fiancee gave me a funny look. I gave her one back and told her that every penny counts. With a smile, she said that was so like me – picking up litter and growing financially all at the same time. But I never thought twice about it, nor about what the action said about me as a person. The extent of my thinking was – “Hey, there’s a penny on the ground, I should pick that up!”. Picture perfect proof that our values and attitudes affect our actions, whether we’re conscious of it or not.
Here’s a look at what I’ve been reading this week in the blogosphere:
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We’re all guilty of thinking about it sometimes. The classic scenario is the employee who can choose to either get paid for overtime worked or bank his or her overtime to be taken as time off later. It launches the classic argument – what is the value of time? Does it have a monetary value? Is time worth more than money? Every person will answer this question differently based on their personality, their priorities and their attitudes.