Military Spouses: Finance
| | 70s Law Costs 61,000 Military Widows Thousands of Dollars in Survivor Benefits | As many as 61,000 military widows whose husbands died of causes relating to their military service lose out on thousands of dollars a year in survivor benefits because of a law that dates from the 1970s. Widows and retirees have spent decades trying to persuade Congress to change the law, which hits hardest at the widows of lower-ranking service members and is referred to by many critics as the widow’™s tax. | | Defense Finance & Accounting Service | (description coming soon) | | Financial Assistance on Operation HomeFront | The purpose of the financial assistance program is to provide monetary assistance with issues that may have devastating effects on the family budget. | | Military Money | (description coming soon) | | The Benefits of Outsourcing | It is January again, but this year is different. This year I am not spending hours entering receipts onto a spreadsheet. Yes, I have a few to insert, but not the seemingly hundreds of bits and pieces of paper I have had every January since I started freelancing in the mid-90’™s. What’™s different this year? The difference is Norma. | | US Mint Hip Pocket Change Program | (description coming soon) | |