Chris Jennings is formally a writer and editor with more than seven years of experience in the personal finance and mortgage space. He enjoys simplifying complex mortgage topics for first-time ...

New tax brackets recently released by the Internal Revenue Service mean that if you get a raise next year, there’s a chance ...

Andrea Riquier is a former Staff Writer at Forbes Advisor. She is a New York-based writer covering mortgages and the housing market. She was previously at Dow Jones MarketWatch, on the housing market ...

Year-on-Year calculations are the most useful and trustworthy way to measure performance. By comparing your current performance to the same period last year, you can see whether you are objectively ...

Every business owner needs a system for processing payroll, even sole proprietors. With more than one employee, you need a system that tracks and calculates payroll expenses for each person. When you ...

The last three years' salary adds together the amount you made over the past three years. After finding your salary for three years, you can perform other functions, such as finding your average ...