Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I got $700 back and stuck it in savings. Then the next week I decided I wanted to buy a new bicycle. So there went my tax refund money. Then the next day I got a $1000 yearly performance bonus at work. Sweet.
Hmm, fourteen bucks from the feds and four bucks from the state. I think I'll put it toward paying my accountant. (Actually, the first time I've gotten this close to even, which I thought was the goal).
Hmm, fourteen bucks from the feds and four bucks from the state. I think I'll put it toward paying my accountant. (Actually, the first time I've gotten this close to even, which I thought was the goal).
Got back abt $1250, already put it towards my highest student loan at 5%. Brings that one down to abt $3200, which I am determined to pay off by June Still have many other student loans & a car loan (9 others in total) but one at a time!
I have my emergency savings & I'm contributing 6% to my retirement, otherwise those would be first on my list. Housing fund is waiting until I pay off this loan + car loan.
Not only am I only getting $14 back, the bill from my accountant is in an envelope that arrived today. It fell on the floor and my fuzzball dog Benny peed on it. So *there*.
Why this idea that we have to spend money just because we receive it?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Febtober
I'm getting about $1100-ish, will just put into my savings account. I'm boring.
I don't know if you're boring, but putting your tax refund into savings proves only that you are mature and sensible, which is not the same as boring. Congrats to you and to other posters in this thread who do not feel like they have to spend money just because they receive it.
However, I am not an old stick in the mud, and I am not saying it's wrong per se to spend one's tax refund. One poster said he and his wife had not had a vacation for three years - what a great use of their tax refund and I hope they enjoy their vacation.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Still have many other student loans & a car loan (9 others in total) but one at a time!
Why this idea that we have to spend money just because we receive it?
