UPDATED: We have our winners! Congratulations to Bobby, Bob, Dee and My Journey! I will be in touch!

You can win one of four unlimited one year subscriptions to the online backup service Mozy.

Many students will be getting new computers and laptops for the school year and come September those hard drives are going to be filling up with homework assignments, research, photos of new friends, the latest music, etc. Online backup services help to avoid that frightening “Oh no!” moment where the blue screen of death shows up right before an important homework assignment, term paper, or project is due. By automatically backing up computer files safely to an offsite location, school work is protected and accessible in the event of a hardware failure, the accidental spilling of water/coffee/Redbull onto the core components, computer theft, etc.

A year of Mozy retails for $59.40 ($4.95 per month).

To qualify for the giveaway, just answer this question in the comments below:

You have until 10 a.m. EST tomorrow. I’ll randomly choose THREE winners from all of the qualifying comments. For a complete look at the giveaway rules, check out this prior post.Similar Posts:

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UPDATED: We have our winners! Congratulations to Bobby, Rebecca and Diana! I will be in touch!

You can win Mighty Putty and Mighty Mendit, two products made popular by the late Billy Mays. Both can help students and their parents conquer any task, big or small.

Mighty Putty is a powerful bonding epoxy stick that bonds to and repairs almost any surface, including metal, glass, PVC, wood, wall board, ceramics, tile & concrete. Kids going to college can use it to fill chips in furniture and hang shelves – Mighty Putty can support up to 350 pounds!

Mighty Mendit is a flexible bonding agent that grabs, adheres and interlocks the fibers of virtually any fabric for a permanent repair. Use it to mend backpacks, belts,
pants, shirts and hats as well as to make crafts for art class using felt and other fabrics.

To qualify for the giveaway, just answer this question in the comments below:

You have until 10 p.m. EST tonight. I’ll randomly choose THREE winners from all of the qualifying comments. For a complete look at the giveaway rules, check out this prior post.Similar Posts:

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UPDATED: We have a winner! Congratulations to Bobby! I will be in touch!

You can win three assessments and one month of free digital tutoring from 30 Minute A. The program is aimed at middle school through college age. The program is currently available in English, Spanish and Korean.

With the assessments, you can find out where your child (or grandchild) ranks for the “68 Critical Standards” in:

• Language Arts (reading and writing)
• Academic Vocabulary
• Mathematics thru Algebra 1

To qualify for the giveaway, just answer this question in the comments below:

You have until 10 p.m. EST tomorrow. I’ll randomly choose a winner from all of the qualifying comments. For a complete look at the giveaway rules, check out this prior post.Similar Posts:

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UPDATED: We have a winner! Congratulations to Brittney! I will be in touch!

You can win a copy of TuneUp Utilities 2009. TuneUp Utilities is designed to help both novice and advanced PC users keep their system healthy and running fast. TuneUp Utilities 2009 let’s you solve PC problems, free up disk space, increase system performance, and even customize the appearance of Windows. TuneUp Utilities retails for $49.95 and can be used on up to three computers.

To qualify for the giveaway, just answer this question in the comments below:

You have until 10 p.m. EST tonight. I’ll randomly choose a winner from all of the qualifying comments. For a complete look at the giveaway rules, check out this prior post.Similar Posts:

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UPDATED: We have a winner! Congratulations to Gilbert! I will be in touch!

You can win a nifty graphing calculator from Texas Instruments, the TI-Nspire. The TI-Nspire can be used from middle school through college, is allowed on many standardized tests and college entrance exams and comes with lots of perks like free computer software, access to tons of SAT/ACT prep questions from The Princeton Review, AP Test Prep for Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Physics and Statistics and free downloadable games and apps from TI’s Web site (but you don’t have to tell the kids that).

Rumor has it that the TI-Nspire is about as cool as they come, with interchangeable keypads, alpha-numeric keyboard, drag and drop cursor, large high-res screen, electronic document capabilities and built-in 20MB of storage similar to word processing and file storage of a computer. There are also customizable decals.

The TI-Nspire retails from around $139.99.

To qualify for the giveaway, just answer this question in the comments below:

You have until 6 p.m. EST today. I’ll randomly choose a winner from all of the qualifying comments. For a complete look at the giveaway rules, check out this prior post.Similar Posts:

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UPDATED: We have a winner! Congratulations to Amelia! I will be in touch!

You can win a copy of Corel Home Office. Corel Home Office is a brand new office suite aimed at families and features the tools parents and kids use most. So whether you’re doing the family budget, completing school work, preparing materials for volunteer projects or running a home-based business, this suite makes it easy.

Corel Home Office has a low memory requirement and small footprint – so small, in fact, that it’s offered on a USB stick. In addition, for multi-language families (or those whose kids are learning another language), Corel Home Office can be installed in 13 different languages, allowing you to go back and forth between languages as needed.

To qualify for the giveaway, just answer this question in the comments below:

You have until 5 a.m. EST tomorrow. I’ll randomly choose a winner from all of the qualifying comments. For a complete look at the giveaway rules, check out this prior post.Similar Posts:

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UPDATED: We have a winner! Congratulations to Karyn! I will be in touch!

You can win a taxgirl mug (perfect for hugging while you read taxgirl.com in the morning) and a pound of coffee.

To qualify for the giveaway, just answer this question in the comments below:

You have until 5 p.m. EST today. I’ll randomly choose a winner from all of the qualifying comments. For a complete look at the giveaway rules, check out this prior post.Similar Posts:

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UPDATED: We have a winner! Congratulations to Chris Swan! I will be in touch!

It’s the first of my back to school giveaways!

You can win a copy of TuneUp Utilities 2009. TuneUp Utilities is designed to help both novice and advanced PC users keep their system healthy and running fast. TuneUp Utilities 2009 let’s you solve PC problems, free up disk space, increase system performance, and even customize the appearance of Windows. TuneUp Utilities retails for $49.95 and can be used on up to three computers.

To qualify for the giveaway, just answer this question in the comments below:

You have until 9 a.m. EST tomorrow. I’ll randomly choose a winner from all of the qualifying comments. For a complete look at the giveaway rules, check out this prior post.Similar Posts:

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It’s back to school giveaway time!

I have a slew of great prizes to give away – and here’s how it works. Over the next few days, I’ll be posting back to school related stories, tax advice and strategies. At the same time, I’ll be posting queries that are widely not tax related but are school related – stuff like “tell me about your first day of school.” There are no right or wrong answers to those queries (okay, there are some right or wrong answers, read on).

When I post a giveaway query – which could happen any time of day or night – you’ll have a set time frame to post your comments. The time frame will be clearly noted in each giveaway post.

Post your response in the comments section of the post within the time frame (you’re welcome to post outside of the time frame, too, you just won’t be considered for the giveaway). It can be as long or as short as you want. Please don’t include any personally identifying information that you don’t want made public (your AGI, address, etc.).

Enter as many times as you like – but you must post a different story or comment each time. Linkbacks on their own, while appreciated, don’t count. And spam clearly doesn’t count.

My normal comment policy applies (you can read it here). I have standards, you know.

You must leave a valid email address (it will not be made public) so that I can contact you if you are a winner.

I will randomly select a winner from all of the qualified entries for each giveaway post. I’ll let you know if you’re a winner.

If there’s no winner within the time frame, I will withdraw the prize and use it again. Cause I can.

Due to shipping considerations, US and Canada mailing addresses only (sorry!).

Ooh, one more thing. There are never, ever any paid endorsements on my site. Evah. All of the giveaway prizes are either paid for by me (gulp) or are donated by vendors. For those vendors who have graciously donated prizes, I am devoting a little space to describing the prize – a photo, a blurb, a link. I can’t promise that I’ve reviewed, used or even heard of all of the products that I’m giving away. I do encourage you, however, to check out the products and draw your own conclusions.

Okay, got it? It’s easy peasy. Have fun… and keep an eye out!Similar Posts:

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It’s the first day of school here in Philadelphia. My oldest daughter was rushing around this morning, gathering school supplies and fretting about her hair (apparently, it is not long enough). The morning was, well, you know, a blur:

As things are settling down in my house (well, that’s relative), things are heating up at taxgirl. It’s Back to School Week here as well! Stay tuned all week for answers to your school related questions (you can ask the taxgirl), check out tax-saving school strategies and look out for great giveaways. What a great way to start the new season!Similar Posts:

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