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What games are you going to buy with YOUR refund?

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ORIGINAL: Raverdave

What a strange time of year to do your tax return......normal convention would have you do it at the end of the financial year rather than half way through it. [;)]

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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Look. If we are going to have a taxpayer revolt, you guys need to stop expressing satisfaction that the the IRS deigned to give back some of your money which they had expropriated from you under the threat of imprisonment earlier in the year. [;)]

Ask them for interest on the use of your money for up to 12 months...see how far that gets you. This is also fun...spit on the envelope when you get it (not the part you have to open), then when you endorse the check, write something clever like "Infernal Revneue Service"...they love that. Don't write anything threatening though, or some men in a car with an "E" plate may visit you at home.

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I just get to pay taxes here, I'm not allowed to vote. Taxation without representation? Hmmm, haven't I heard that before?

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ORIGINAL: Sarge


I take it sprior is not a Citizen ,at least I hope thats why [:D]

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ORIGINAL: Charles_22

I don't get refunds (or I get them every month anyway[;)]. Wouldn't you want $55 more a month instead of giving the government a free loan of $675 as you do? I pay between $200-300 every year and up till that time I'm not only making more (it evens out afterall) per month but I'm also able to draw interest off of it (such that the government is almost giving me a loan, in a sense). I used to do it the way you speak of it, but doing the math I saw how I got ripped off that way. All getting a large sum in one lump does, or so it seems, is feed the mentality that it is some sort of weird bonus, when in fact it's just filing the W2 badly. Doing this, of course, often just leads people into blowing it as though it's some sort of gift anyway. Having to pay some back at the end of the year, little as my totals may be, does quite the opposite, as it encourages thrift.

I'm not sure my employer would allow me to claim such a high dependant on the W-2 but I have heard of people that paid no tax and at the end of the year paid the entire amount (now that encourages ultimate thrift). I could actually pull this off pretty easily if my finances continue to hold up as usual, but as I say I'm betting my employer won't allow it. Sure would make for some swelled paychecks and extra interest!

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ORIGINAL: Charles_22

Thanks. Actually if all things will be equal, you would probably get more than $55 a month back, but I just divided your $675 by 12. Everything being the same, you would probably get more like $65 back, but whether that would be all gross or not I can only guess. you would think it would be all take home though. I never did do the precise numbers on mine, I just knew I preferred paying at the end of the year instead. The funny thing too, if you did it the way I used to (no, I'm not going to let the government see my computer and do it that way) you end up waiting another 5 years for the check to get back to you. And then there's that nasty business where the banks don't seem to want to cash them, even for such a small amount as I was getting back.