Tax Day tips from Her First $100K's Tori Dunlap

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🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Tax season is when many of us take stock of our finances. Our debt, our spending habits, and how much we’re bringing in. We some practical financial advice from Tori Dunlap. She's a Seattle-based author and founder of Her First $100K. Her podcast on personal finance is called “Financial Feminist."

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0:00.0	You know, every day on Up First, NPR's Golden Globe nominated morning news podcast, we bring you three essential stories.
0:06.8	At the heart of each story are questions.
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0:21.8	what matters and why.
0:26.8	Hey, good morning. I'm Paige Browning. It's Tuesday. This is Seattle now. In King County and
0:33.6	several other parts of Washington, the IRS has extended the tax filing deadline to May
0:39.1	1st due to December's flooding. But for most of the country, tax day is Wednesday, and a lot of
0:45.2	us are thinking about our personal finances lately. Coming up, we'll get some tax tips and other
0:50.9	financial advice from Seattleite Tori Dunlap, founder of her first 100K.
0:57.1	But first, let's get you caught up.
1:03.4	Will Seattle fund shelters today? Today the City Council votes on whether to fund and
1:08.4	operate 500 new shelter beds, all part of Mayor Katie Wilson's plans to open 1,000 new shelter beds by the end of this year.
1:16.6	The beds could be in new shelters, expansions of existing housing, or takeovers of apartments.
1:21.6	The council votes in its 2 p.m. meeting.
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1:28.5	Whidbey Island. Summer is high season on the islands and ferry reservations open today at 10 a.m.
1:35.8	The reservations are specifically for cars going on the Port Towns in Coopville and Anacortis
1:42.0	San Juan Islands routes after June 13th, and you do need to
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