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NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

Spring Cleaning, and COVID Taxes

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Sean and Liz talk about how they’re approaching spring cleaning their finances this year, including tidying up their digital lives. Then, they answer a listener’s question about how to manage filing taxes in the age of COVID — including whether you owe taxes on your stimulus.   To have the Nerds answer your money questions, email [email protected] or call or text the NerdHotline at 901-730-6373. And visit www.nerdwallet.com/podcast for more info on this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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welcome to the nerd wallet smart money, where we answer your personal finance questions

0:38.1

and help you feel a little smarter about what you do with your money.

0:41.6

I'm Sean Piles.

0:42.5

And I'm Liz Weston.

0:43.7

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0:47.3

Call or text us on the nerd hotline at 901-7306373.

0:52.6

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0:58.3

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1:04.9

This episode, Sean and I are answering a listener's question about how the pandemic is affecting taxes this year, including whether you

1:11.7

have to pay taxes on your stimulus payments. But first in our This Week in your Money segment,

1:16.3

Sean and I are talking about one of my favorite subjects, Spring Cleaning, specifically

1:21.2

spring cleaning your finances. I'll admit that this is not one of my favorite subjects, because

1:26.5

for me, spring is always a time of getting a little bit messier and less organized after being cooped up inside all winter.

1:34.3

Seeing all the buds poke out and the flowers breaking through the ground always inspires me to spend as much time as possible in my garden.

1:40.8

As a result, I'm typically covered in dirt.

1:43.3

And the last thing I want to think about is

1:45.1

my finances and how to organize them a little bit. But this year, I actually do have a couple goals

1:50.7

that I'm planning to tackle for my spring cleaning. I know that you are really into this list. So how do

1:55.8

you typically approach spring cleaning your finances? Well, it kind of ties in with taxes. We're digging up all these documents

2:02.0

and getting them organized for our CPA. So it's kind of a natural time to start going through the

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