Personal Finance Advice and Commentary

The Internal Revenue Service is offering Supserstorm Sandy victims special tax consideration when it comes to tax deadlines and recovery payments.

If Superstorm Sandy has affected you, understand the financial steps necessary on your road to recovery.

FEMA and the Red Cross are working to provide deliveries of gasoline, shelter, food, volunteers and money to areas affected by Sandy.

If you live in an area that’s been declared a major disaster, you have some tax-filing options and a chance to possible get some tax refund money sooner.

Having a financial preparedness plan will protect you and your family from the long-term effects of damaged or destroyed financial documents

Disaster can strike at any moment! Are you prepared? Is your beloved family protected? This and more, today on Bankrate.com.

Taxpayers in major natural disaster areas usually receive special tax consideration.

Good news and bad news on flood insurance this week. The good news: The House overwhelmingly approved a bill that would reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program for five whole years. The bad news: It would bump the annual rate increase limit from 10 percent to 20 percent. House passage of the Flood Insurance Reform

Little did I realize when 2004′s rash of  hurricanes literally drove us out of Florida would I be worrying about these storms here in landlocked Austin, Texas. But life is funny sometimes. Since the hubby and I moved back home to the Lone Star State, we’ve watched Katrina come into the Gulf, then Rita along

It’s prime tornado season.  Folks in the Northeast and South are cleaning up after spring floods.  Hurricane season starts in a couple of weeks. Now’s the time to brush up on U.S. tax laws. Yep, the IRS can help when you take a hard hit from Mother Nature. You might be able to deduct on next year’s taxes