It's Tax Refund Time (hopefully)!
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Buy gold, silver anything that retains value or spend it all partying. Either have a lot or nothing at all, both ways, you'll be o.k.
My refund will be 2 months delayed, because they claim to be suffering from an overload of work... I don't care for the money anyway, how nice of them to inform me...
A daytrip to Italy maybe, but that's not expensive enough.
A weekend shopping in Boston maybe, if there's still anything left to buy.
My refund will be 2 months delayed, because they claim to be suffering from an overload of work... I don't care for the money anyway, how nice of them to inform me...
A daytrip to Italy maybe, but that's not expensive enough.
A weekend shopping in Boston maybe, if there's still anything left to buy.
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Anybody who gets back more money "than they expected" is not handling their finances properly or is not paying attention to them. Also, one shouldn't be getting back a lot of money in refunds, or you aren't handing your money well, and if you did because of mismanagement, blowing it on a vacation would only perpetuate such financial mismanagement. I really don't understand why you think being financially ignorant is a good idea.
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Oh, and I really have to agree [economically-speaking] with Christina. It's not like you're getting money that belonged to someone else -- you're getting back your own money that you overwithheld in the first place.
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My refund paid for my trip to Hawaii last year. I have an appointment with my accountant tomorrow and hope it is enough for most of air/hotel for tuscany the end of March. I withhold correctly but itemize so have been getting a nice chunk back the past couple years.
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Vicky, sorry, but no, you don't withhold correctly if you're getting back a big refund --- you are overwithholding. Withholding is meant to cover what your taxes will be (whether you itemize or not), not to float the government a loan.
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Right, depends on how big.
If it's small, I'd stay domestic and go to CA or FL (I'm from NY and I'm sick of this weather we are having).
If it's big I'd go to South America - Chile (wine country) and/or Peru (Machu Picchu)..
If it's small, I'd stay domestic and go to CA or FL (I'm from NY and I'm sick of this weather we are having).
If it's big I'd go to South America - Chile (wine country) and/or Peru (Machu Picchu)..
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I purposely "overwithhold"--that money would make next to nothing in interest in a savings account anyway (provided it even made it into savings), and I like getting a lump sum every spring right at vacation time. I like the assurance that I will never have to write a check at tax time, and it isn't that much money in the bug scheme of things.
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Of course getting a refund means you didn't withhold appropriately, but hey, let's have a little fun and engage in some wishful thinking. We could all use it in this gloom and doom world.
Right on sf7307!
Right on sf7307!
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Here, here, Guenmai!
"True...one IS getting back over withheld money, but it's good to just get back money!"
I'm a Californian too, and when it's time to file and they give me money back versus the alternative, that's a good day in my book!
"True...one IS getting back over withheld money, but it's good to just get back money!"
I'm a Californian too, and when it's time to file and they give me money back versus the alternative, that's a good day in my book!