Jim, I have just determined that I will owe money to the IRS. Can I file an extension and buy myself a few months to pay my tax bill? You can file an extension to get more time to file your return, but this is NOT an extension for more time to pay what you owe. If you owe money that you can not pay, you will need to file IRS form 9465 to request a payment plan arrangement. I was just hit with a penalty for not having in place health insurance. I was also told that this penalty... Read more →

Jim Paris recently mused out loud, “If no one reads your ebook…does it really exist?” While perhaps not as age-old a question as the one about the tree falling in the woods, the subject raised by Jim’s rhetorical query is one that ebook writers must constantly address. The good news about the advent of this new age in book publishing is that it is easier than ever to become a published author; the bad news? It is easier than ever to become a published author. So, how in the world can this greatly-increased ease at becoming published serve as both... Read more →

If you are an online shopper, you just have to love Amazon.com. I regularly buy everything from coffee to books on the site, and I love the convenience and great prices. I want to share with you a few tricks over the years which I use to consistently get the very best deals from the site. 1. Amazon Prime I have had an Amazon Prime membership for several years. The key benefit is free two day shipping on most items. There are a host of other benefits, however, that many people simply don't know about. As a member you also... Read more →

Internet marketing rock star, Guy Kawasaki, joins Jim Paris Live to discuss his latest book - The Art Of Social Media. How to make money from social media? The importance of selecting the right name for Twitter. Why your profile pages are a major key to social media success. How much of your own content to share vs. curating content from other sources. Should you follow back everyone that follows you on Twitter? Why social media is no different than an in-person conversation. Guy also shares information about Canva.com, a popular platform that can be used to create stunning graphics... Read more →

Jim discusses his new video, Blood Moons On Wall Street. Ephren Taylor is sentenced to nearly 20 years after scamming church members out of an estimated $16 million dollars. Save money at Amazon by tapping into their warehouse deals. Megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar cancels plans to raise money to buy a $65 million dollar jet, and Google to launch low cost cell phone service this year. Read more →

Creflo Dollar made national news this week, and not for a good reason. His fundraising campaign to buy a $60 million dollar jet become fodder for stand up comedians, and was even discussed on the Rush Limbaugh Show. There are humble servants of God all around us, but they get little such attention. One would think that the example of Jesus would be enough for us to see the importance of humility in ministry. Jesus could have asked for a posh horse-drawn carriage. He might have even required that it be gold plated, so it would garner more attention. We... Read more →

Does Bible prophecy actually tell us anything about the state of the U.S., and even world, economy? In Blood Moons on Wall Street, a new video presentation available exclusively to members of Christian Money Plus, Jim Paris discusses the possible cues that the secular financial community may be unknowingly taking from the Bible here in 2015. The Shemitah refers to the Biblical Sabbath year...and coming every seven years…as celebrated in Ancient Israel, a year in which debts between the Israelites are voided and during which lands are left unattended by farmers, so that those lands may be given a chance... Read more →

Jim welcomes famed economist Laurence Kotlikoff to the program to discuss his new book, Getting What's Yours: The Secrets To Maxing Out Your Social Security Benefits. How to carefully select when you will collect your benefit, how to coordinate your retirement benefit with so called 'auxilary benefits,' benefits for children, grandchildren, disabled children, and more. Read more →

On this episode Jim discusses the claim made by convicted felon James Files that he was the grassy knoll shooter in the JFK assassination plot. Real estate heir Robert Durst arrested for murder. Is the Fed poised to raise interest rates? The U.S. is about to hit the debt limit again. Yahoo's new password system, and YouTube makes available 360 degree videos. Read more →

There is one topic that this blog can always rely on for a huge response from readers: Credit Repair. Major reforms have just taken place in the world of credit scoring, and it is about time. Let me make clear that all of this was the result of a settlement between the credit bureaus and regulators, chief among them the state of New York. Also brewing was federal legislation that would have contained some of the most sweeping reforms since the Fair Credit Reporting Act (1970). This was not (as it might appear to be) a purely magnanimous move on... Read more →

Jim discusses some of his most popular money saving strategies. How to replace expensive cable TV with free Internet television. How to get a free home phone for life. How Christians can opt out of Obamacare and save 50% or more on health insurance with a Christian medical sharing plan. Jim also shares how to find lost money, including how he found thousands of dollars for one of his relatives. Read more →

A Michigan woman has her Planet Fitness membership revoked after complaining about a transgender man being in the women's locker room. A shooting of a black man by a white police officer in Madison, WI prompt protests. Is this the next Michael Brown case? Will Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson soon be on their way to Madison? Who knew that Goodwill has an online auction site? Jim shares his experience with ShopGoodwill.com. Nineteen year old uses Facebook to arrange meeting to allegedly rape eleven year old. The city of Chicago is nearing bankruptcy according to Illinois Governor. Read more →

As the 2016 election year fast approaches, Hillary Clinton appears to be sitting pretty as the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party, but that look may ultimately prove deceiving; husband Bill’s association with a well-known pedophile, as well as Hillary’s current email controversy, represent two more problems for the woman once considered a shoo-in to take over for Barack Obama as the party’s standard-bearer. Don’t miss Jim’s take on all of this, as well as on the prospect of Internet censorship, now that so-called “net neutrality” has become real. Jim writes about these topics and several others…including his concerns about... Read more →

On this episode Jim shares the shocking story of a woman that sent $1.4 million dollars to an 'online boyfriend' that she has never met. Why has the price of gas suddenly jumped in the last two weeks? Benjamin Netanyahu to address joint session of Congress. How will new Net Neutrality rules affect free speech online? Is is true that Obama's amnesty order will give illegal aliens a payout of up to $35,000? The life and career of Leonard Nimoy. Read more →

If you thought you knew the whole story behind the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme, think again. New York Times writer, Diana Henriques, takes you into the dark world of Bernie Madoff and gives us not just an overview of his crime, but exposes the psychology behind a life long scam artist. From his humble beginnings to his jail cell in Federal prison, Henriques takes the mask off of the most infamous con artist of our time. Read more →