#finlit — Public Fediverse posts

The other day, talking with a colleague about "what you pay for (in taxes) vs what you get" - he's living in Switzerland that has low taxes. Punchline was "and I dare you to try to find a road that has a pothole in Switzerland."

Sadly, my retort would be " and I'm still looking for that road that doesn't have a pothole in Toronto area."

Switzerland = #4 in competitiveness. Canada = #20

https://taxfoundation.org/2021-international-tax-competitiveness-index/ #FinLit

The latest round of financial literacy/content creator grants is now open for applications through the @plutusawards The window is only open twice a year and we've been able to support many amazing projects that spur financial capability and empowerment, not just literacy.

Many of the grants focus on underserved communities, but especially since COVID, have also been used for virtual programs, podcast series, and more. https://plutusfoundation.org/grants/

#finlit #money #blogging #podcasting #education

Thank you for your follows, and I will reciprocate; my #introduction is as follows:

#introduction
Twitter: @cmakcpa
Location: Toronto, Canada
Profession: CPA, Finance, Risk, Audit, Startup, Consulting
Interests: Bike, ski, dad jokes, travel
Cares about: Road safety, better municipalities/communities, transit, Financial literacy, Security literacy #RoadSafety, #Transit, #biketo #finlit #seclit #cpa #taxes

Some sobering math. If from the time you turn 20yo, you make 10% more than the living wage in Toronto of about $23 per hour - say you can save $2.3/hour, then you can comfortably retire at the age of 399. https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/canadians-now-expect-to-need-1-7m-in-order-to-retire-bmo-survey-1.6262927 #FinLit

Just like on twtr, where I am at cmakcpa, I'll be posting about things that might interest you about

- financial literacy, #FinLit
- security literacy, #SecLit
- road safety, #RoadSafety
- transit, and #Transit
- cycling. #Cycling #BikeTO

I live in York Region, north of Toronto, Canada.

TIA for the follow, and would love to follow you back.

For this "Money Goals For The New Year" blog post, I knew I didn't want to repeat the same year-end financial checklists and resolutions-type posts, so I looked at some survey data for overlap between people's patterns and demands to tee up some advice: https://www.richlandlibrary.com/blog/2022-12-20/money-goals-new-year #FinLit #NewYearsResolution #MoneyMatters #DebtFreeJourney #FinancialLiteracy

Went from hundreds of trades in 2021 to 78 so far in 2022. Whittling my impulses down to "VT and chill" with great haste.

My latest #finlit education has been about T-Bill ladders. Treasuries / Bonds are not sexy, but they're where mountains move.