It's tax season! How are you using your refund?

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  • erxkeel
    erxkeel Posts: 553 Member
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    Prolly towards pie.
  • jhackenmueller
    jhackenmueller Posts: 29
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    What's a refund? Do you realize it was your money to begin with?

    exactly! it's your money the govt kept and made more money on! :)
  • bluebutterflyzz
    bluebutterflyzz Posts: 41 Member
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    A Caribbean Cruise. It won't pay for the whole thing but a big chunk of it :drinker:
  • JCN_1103
    JCN_1103 Posts: 63
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    I'm not sure what the government is doing with the $4500 I'm paying them.

    No one does.
  • jeepwidow01
    jeepwidow01 Posts: 173
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    Depending on how much we get this year (since we always split it down the middle) I am going to use mine to pay off some more on my bills/debt. I should be debt free by next year :)

    Congrats on that goal!!!
  • jr1985
    jr1985 Posts: 1,033 Member
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    Fingers crosses I will be getting enough back for a new Cannon Camera :)
  • CandiceLeeAnn
    CandiceLeeAnn Posts: 80 Member
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    Pay the car insurance, buy wood for next Winter and the rest goes into savings or toward bills. The same thing we do every year. We are so boring...lol
  • MaximalLife
    MaximalLife Posts: 2,447 Member
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    REFUND?
    No, I always end up paying, but that's because I do not allow anybody to collect taxes out of my earnings.
    The Federal Gov is not owed a penny until April 15th.
    Those of you paying into that are giving your money away and getting nothing in return - no interest - nothing.

    Folks, get a savings account!
    And once you get a sizable amount, invest.

    It's the reason I am semi-retired before age 50.
    Learn to think about money like rich folks, and guess what?

    You will build real wealth.
    And you'll be able to afford all those little wants mentioned here while building net worth to fund a life of leisure and abundance as opposed to low pay work, want and lack.
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
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    What's a refund? Do you realize it was your money to begin with?
    That.

    We have the minimum withheld allowed without a penalty. We always owe extra come April 15th. I have no interest in loaning money to Uncle Sam, interest free.
  • fabulousfebe
    fabulousfebe Posts: 204
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    Refund? hoping we get a refund... :ohwell:
  • ZombieChaser
    ZombieChaser Posts: 1,555 Member
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    Savings for our trip to India in 2013!
  • smitty328
    smitty328 Posts: 164 Member
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    If I get one....pay off a few bills and straight to savings:) :smile:
  • jennajava
    jennajava Posts: 2,176 Member
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    I usually don't, but I birthed a kid last year. Paying off debt.
  • omgzitsmiranda
    omgzitsmiranda Posts: 17 Member
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    What's a refund? Do you realize it was your money to begin with?

    Not always. 50% of the people that get a refund don't even pay any taxes.

    I've never quite understood this at alllllll. But it does happen.
    My husband's aunt gets back $3000 a year, has no kids, has no job, is not married.
    WTH?
  • MaximalLife
    MaximalLife Posts: 2,447 Member
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    What's a refund? Do you realize it was your money to begin with?
    That.

    We have the minimum withheld allowed without a penalty. We always owe extra come April 15th. I have no interest in loaning money to Uncle Sam, interest free.
    ^^^^^^^
    THIS!
  • JDMPWR
    JDMPWR Posts: 1,863 Member
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    Ticket to Peru!
  • liftingbro
    liftingbro Posts: 2,029 Member
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    For those who don't want to give the GOV money or ratjer pay over the course of the year instead of getting a big bill in april:

    http://www.irs.gov/individuals/page/0,,id=14806,00.html

    The IRS calulator will help you determine the right amount of exemptions and deductions.

    Basically it will tell you how many exemptions to claim and if you pay in most years you can just have the extra taken out over the course of the year instead of paying a lump some.
  • MyFeistyEvolution
    MyFeistyEvolution Posts: 1,015 Member
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    I was just informed that my tax return may have to go into some fees for my husbands new car.

    I'm actually quite pissed....I had plans for that money. Grrrr.
  • MaximalLife
    MaximalLife Posts: 2,447 Member
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    Not getting a refund. I decided I don't want to give the Federal government an interest-free loan for 11 months every year, so I adjusted my withholding. I owe something like $7. Meanwhile, what *would* have been my tax refund has been sitting in my bank all year, earning interest for *ME* and not the government.
    ^^^^^^^
    Another person who sees this scam for what it really is.
    A hidden tax on the poor.
  • nallbaby10
    nallbaby10 Posts: 86
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    Bills Bills Bills and maybe a memorial tattoo for my niece who past away

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