Kacey Carnes, Author at Harvester Financial Credit Union

Tax Day Tips

Tax day is coming right up on April 17th, and the IRS wants to be sure you have all the information you need. The IRS expects taxpayers to file more than 155 million returns this year. Here are some things for taxpayers to consider as they are filing: People have until Tuesday, April 17, 2018,…

Property Taxes

Single-Family Home Property Taxes Rose by 6 Percent Last Year Property taxes levied on single family homes in 2017 totaled $293.4 billion, up 6 percent from $277.7 billion in 2016 and an average of $3,399 per home, according to property database curator ATTOM Data Solutions. This averages out to an effective tax rate of 1.17 percent. The average property taxes…

Service Sector Growth Slows a Bit

Economic activity in the non-manufacturing (service) sector grew in March for the 98th consecutive month, say the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in the latest Non-Manufacturing ISM Report On Business. However, growth in the sector has slowed a bit. The NMI registered 58.8 percent, which is 0.7 percentage point lower than the February reading of 59.5 percent. This represents…

The High Price of Selling a House

U.S. homeowners spend $18,342 on average to sell their home, according to online real estate firm Zillow and Thumbtack’s 2018 Hidden Costs of Selling analysis.Zillow and Thumbtack identified several common, but often overlooked, seller expenses and calculated what they would cost around the country. Since most (61 percent) of today’s sellers have never sold a…