5 Things You Should Know – Part 334

Here are 5 things you should know.

1. You can track the spread of the coronavirus globally nearly in real-time as reports come in using this dashboard.

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2. The expiration date for things like honey and salt is for the container, not the product.

So you can stop saying things like “if they found that thousand-year-old honey that was still good to eat then why does mine go off next week?”

3. TurboTax has lowered its tax-free file limit for 2020 from $68,000 to $39,000, but the IRS free file threshold still remains at $69,000.

Do not fall for Intuit’s attempts to make you pay to file your taxes. The federally mandated minimum still rests with the IRS, who has made it $69,000 and below for 2020.

Since the IRS no longer allows TurboTax to have a monopoly on free filing, TurboTax has now lowered its limit to make people think that they have to pay to file. Intuit is already sending out emails to people prompting them to “check if they qualify.” The free file link for the IRS is: https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-free

4. The iPhone’s have a “scan document” feature in the notes app that converts pictures to PDF/Word files.

Google Doc’s app also has this feature.

That way you don’t have to go to a print shop/library etc. to scan your documents!

This also might save you from buying a printer/scanner.

5. You can mute the ads played on most gas station pump screens.

Pressing the 2nd button from the top on the right side of the console will almost always mute the advertisements played while you wait for your tank to fill.