Cindy
Appearances
The Ramsey Show
What Are You Willing To Give Up for Financial Freedom?
I have a question concerning group life insurance to my company who now are having me pay the taxes on it. um the yearly taxes on it and it has just went up three hundred dollars since last year and i have been trying to cancel this policy why what's the problem with you canceling it like what happens when you don't when you let it lapse or when you just say i don't want it anymore
The Ramsey Show
What Are You Willing To Give Up for Financial Freedom?
Well, first off, I'm getting this, you need to talk to your employer. And then my employer says, no, you need to talk to the insurance company. And they're sending me back and forth. I started this process in December of last year, 24th. Um, they ended up saving me, uh, sending me a waiver paper to cancel the policy and it is still not canceled.
The Ramsey Show
What Are You Willing To Give Up for Financial Freedom?
No, I didn't do nothing with this policy. In fact, I just found this policy out last year.
The Ramsey Show
What Are You Willing To Give Up for Financial Freedom?
It costs... I don't know. They said it's being taken out to the other tax...
The Ramsey Show
What Are You Willing To Give Up for Financial Freedom?
No, my employer is paying for the premium.
The Ramsey Show
What Are You Willing To Give Up for Financial Freedom?
Okay, I was informed it comes out once a year that I have to pay the taxes on this policy because it is considered impunited wages and how much is that well last year i paid 182 and this year i'm paying 180 or 485 so that's the so they're saying hey if we cover this
The Ramsey Show
What Are You Willing To Give Up for Financial Freedom?
Yes, they just told me that today, matter of fact. They're saying... Hold on a second. They're saying that the face value... Hold on, I've got to get this paperwork back up.
The Ramsey Show
What Are You Willing To Give Up for Financial Freedom?
It's $84,500 for basic life and $42,250 for personal. Okay. Do you have life insurance of your own? No, I do not.
The Ramsey Show
What Are You Willing To Give Up for Financial Freedom?
No, I am not. Does anyone rely on you? I am not insured because I have no one to pass anything on to.
The Ramsey Show
What Are You Willing To Give Up for Financial Freedom?
Nobody relies on my income. Okay. Except for my employer.
The Ramsey Show
What Are You Willing To Give Up for Financial Freedom?
like some sort of a requirement i tell me what they're telling you okay what they're telling me is um it's not a requirement obviously um but they didn't let us know about this until here recently and who knows how long they've had this policy out on me um
The Ramsey Show
What Are You Willing To Give Up for Financial Freedom?
That's what they told me to do. They told me to go to HR. Now, HR is telling me I have to go through the insurance company to cancel it out.
The Ramsey Show
What Are You Willing To Give Up for Financial Freedom?
Today was probably my fifth call in the last...
The Ramsey Show
What Are You Willing To Give Up for Financial Freedom?
And I did that today. And what happened? I bet they will.
The Ramsey Show
It’s Never Too Late to Clean Up a Financial Mess
Yes, hi. Me and my husband are reading your Total Money Makeover book, and we are trying to get serious about getting out of debt. But we currently have about $300,000 worth of debt, and we're just really struggling to make minimum payments on credit card, let alone save up the $1,000 emergency fund.
The Ramsey Show
It’s Never Too Late to Clean Up a Financial Mess
So we've got about $50,000 credit card, $50,000 car loan. That was $75,000. I just sold my car to get out from under that. And about $40,000 home equity loan.
The Ramsey Show
It’s Never Too Late to Clean Up a Financial Mess
Yeah, we have, we are, we're financing three cars and now just two.
The Ramsey Show
It’s Never Too Late to Clean Up a Financial Mess
My husband's car is a 2022. We owe about 33,000 on it. And then my daughter's car is a 2022 Corolla and we owe about 17,000. So we're going to sell both of those in the next 15 days, right? Are we?
The Ramsey Show
It’s Never Too Late to Clean Up a Financial Mess
About... I think it's about $130,000 a year before taxes, bringing home probably right around $100,000. Okay.
The Ramsey Show
It’s Never Too Late to Clean Up a Financial Mess
No. Okay. Well, in our 401k. What's that? Just in our 401k.
The Ramsey Show
It’s Never Too Late to Clean Up a Financial Mess
Yes, I actually just picked up a Saturday job.
The Ramsey Show
It’s Never Too Late to Clean Up a Financial Mess
Yes, just getting rid of my car this past Monday, we are going to be saving $1,031 a month. Boom.
The Ramsey Show
It’s Never Too Late to Clean Up a Financial Mess
Yep, absolutely. So you'll have $1,000.
The Ramsey Show
It’s Never Too Late to Clean Up a Financial Mess
We definitely have a budget. There was some time that we got a little bit out of control. We have two teenagers, but we have reeled all that in.
The Ramsey Show
It’s Never Too Late to Clean Up a Financial Mess
Mine wasn't even trade. They paid it off, and then my daughter's is. My husband's is not. He would be upside down.
The Ramsey Show
It’s Never Too Late to Clean Up a Financial Mess
We maxed out. We were really frivolous on one, and the other one, we had everything go wrong in one year and had to put ACs and cars and taxes all on one.