Editorial Policy

This page explains how our content gets made, what we check before publishing, and where our current process still has gaps.

How articles are produced

Articles are drafted, then reviewed for accuracy before publishing — checking that figures, rate ranges, and rules referenced are correct as of the stated "last updated" date, and that any claim tied to a law, tax rule, or rate is either sourced to an official or primary source or clearly framed as a general range rather than a fixed number.

Some of our drafting and editing work is done with AI assistance. We don't treat that as a shortcut around quality — seeAbout for what we're actually optimizing for. Whether a piece involved AI assistance isn't the thing that determines whether it's useful; whether it's accurate, specific to your situation, and worth your time is.

Sourcing

Where a claim depends on a law, tax rule, interest rate, fee, or product term, we aim to link to or cite the primary source — a government agency, regulator, central bank, tax authority, fund prospectus, or the provider's own terms page — rather than another blog's summary of it.

"Reviewed by" and "Last updated"

We only add a "Reviewed by" credit to an article when a specific, qualified reviewer has actually reviewed that piece — we don't apply it as a blanket label. Most articles today don't carry one, and that's an accurate reflection of our current process, not an oversight.

Articles that reference figures likely to change — rates, contribution limits, thresholds — carry a "last updated" note. When we revise an article in a way that changes its substance (not a typo fix), we update that date and note what changed.

What we don't do

We don't accept payment for favorable coverage or specific rankings. We don't write "best X" content for the purpose of driving affiliate clicks — see About for more on that. If that ever changes for a specific piece of content, we'll disclose it plainly on that page, not bury it in a footer.

Corrections

We get things wrong sometimes. See ourcorrections policy for how we handle that, or use our contact page to flag an error directly.