Lets see or hear about the tax refund purchases.

[bcfishman]

Well, I already posted what my big purchase was with my tax refund... Im sure there has to be some more people out there who are buying something that will go toward there smoking adventures.

To those who did not receive a refund, and are paying something to the "government" I truly apologize. Maybe you can live vicariously through some of us.

Now lets see em...

 

[rbranstner]

Tax refund whats that???? I always think I should be getting a nice big check back because of all the taxes that are taken out of my check but heck no!!

 

[3montes]

I don't get a refund because I don't let the government use my money interest free all year.

 

[mballi3011]

As a bussiness owner what refund I pay in every year. Now day alot more too. Yea Obama

 

[morkdach]

tax refund

:icon_question :

 

[bcfishman]

Gee guys, Thanks for the awesome replies.

It really has added to the intention of this thread.

Bravo.

I have had to pay in the past as well. Some people have deductions, exemptions, etc. that provide them with a return.

We all like to see new cooking gadgets, thats why I posted this.

 

[mr mac]

I'll play! We did get a decent refund this year and I'm in the process of building a new laundry room for the wife in the basement (laundry room is in the basement, not the wife...). I'll post pics in a bit.

 

[denver dave]

Our wonderful gov continues to drain me dry. Maybe someday I will get a refund to play with. For now I will sit back and be jealous of all of you lucky folks.

I wouldn't mind paying taxes if they would use my money to buy jet fuel so the jet jockies could have some fun.

 

[mr mac]

Basically just starting with hanging the 4 mil vapor barrier. Right now we're measuring for the first wall studs. But...Mamma just called me for lunch!

 

[ellymae]

Don't be too jealous of me - ours is going to pay off the roof.... nothing fun there, but necessary.....

 

[meandmytwodogs]

We usually get a pretty decent return. We bought our first house this year (actually 1 yr ago tomorrow) so we are planning to buy a dinning room set we picked out. It's pretty sweet. Either that or we also need a new patio door in the basement, blinds, television, the list goes on.

Dave

 

[ddave]

Same here. New tires for my truck.

The others were getting pretty low in the tread department.

Dave

 

[bcfishman]

Mac,
I see some duct work there. Maybe add an exhasut fan and another duct and you could put a smoker down there. Play your cards right, and maybe it could double as a man cave.

Hey, it's not a toy, but something the Mrs. most likely wants. If she's happy, that could lead to new toys in the future.

 

[3montes]

The problem is those deductions, exemptions etc are becoming fewer and fewer for the business owner and the working middle class. I know people who actually get more back than what they have paid in. That in my opinion should never happen. That is largely due to the low income and child tax credits. Not saying there should not be any credits of that nature but people have found how to work the system. Alot of them...

 

[ellymae]

My head just exploded reading that....

 

[timtimmay]

I'm self-employed and for a while there I would always have to send in 10k at tax time and that got to be a pain. I started withholding a lot extra so I get a healthy amount back now.

Very anti-climatic, but I don't generally spend it, I just make a few extra mortage payments; hope to be debt-free ASAP

 

[chisoxjim]

got the typical refund, once we bought a house, and had a kid we have gotten $$$$ back every year. Before that when we rented and had no kids we owed $$$$ every year.

This year, payed the insurance deductable to get my truck fixed for a hit an run ding on my truck, bought 2 new tires for the truck. Bought my daughter her first bed(bunk bed), hit RD a few times, going to get teh John Deere rider its annual service, keeping the rest in the bank for a cushion.

 

[bbq engineer]

I'll play, but first, check this out.

Mrs. Engineer is a volunteer to prepare taxes and she came home with stories that you would not believe. Effectively having people that didn't pay (or earn for that matter) anything in the first place, getting huge refunds. She was so disgusted that she wanted to quit volunteering. If everyone knew the level of income redistribution that is going on, it would make you sick.

I did manage to get a bit of a refund this year, and sure as I'm typing, my truck went belly up for more than double what I got back....don't worry, the truck is OK.

Last year I was laid off when the Aerospace industry went into the crapper, and as I looked at all of the money that I have religiously dumped into my retirement be cut in half, I wished I had played with a bit of that money instead of just flushing it down the toilet. So this year, after I became employed again, I decided that I would enjoy some of the fruits of my labor, so for the Superbowl, Mrs. Engineer and I bought 2 new TVs. A 58" Panasonic for the Living room, and a 42" Samsung for the Kitchen / Eating Space. They are Stunning and all of the guests at my Superbowl party were in awe. It is nice to do something just for me now and again. I work hard, and I HOPE that CHANGE is coming.

 

[rickw]

Picked up and new sub for my system. It's an Elemental Design A3-300.

 

[3montes]

Exactly what I am talking about. A friend that I work with has a son who even he says should be cut off. Dosen't want to work anything more than part time at Wal Mart. Wife the same way. They live in public subsidized housing getting food stamps etc. She is pregnant constantly.
Between the two of them they earned less than $12,000 one year. Paid in less than $3000.00 and got $8,000 and some change back at the end of the year.

That was the same year of the tax bonus checks. They maxed out on that too getting back about $1400.00 Do the math.

BBQ Engineer is right the earnings redistribution that is going on is insane. And there is more coming. There is a reason taxes are a automatic deduction from your pay. If everyone had to sit and write out that check once a week or once a month there would have already been a revolution.