Anyone get their Tax Return yet?

[TwiceOver]

Got mine last Friday and it was gone within 3 hours of me noticing it was in the bank.

 

[Miklebud]

Yup, I got my State and Federal back.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: DeathBUA

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: JLee
Yeah, but how many people would actually have saved that money to begin with? Hint: Not very many.

I got mine a while ago...filed shortly after receiving my W2s.

I had to pound it into my girl. She was all excited to get 4K back.

LOOK! LOOK! I got 4000 dollars!

"dummy, that is your money. Just think what you could do if you didn't give it to them in the first place."

I guess you're right. It's a mindset. If you don't realize you are throwing money away by having a refund then so be it. Fool and his money are parted.

But then there are people like me who got all that money back because of deductions plus tax credits. If you left all those out I overpaid uncle sam by only $250...I make sure I get all the dime that is mine...This year was just particularly nice since I got just a smidgen over 10K back from combined federal and state.

Exactly. We also have to take into account my wife's small-home business too. Trying to figure that out into/with our personal taxes, there is NO WAY you could get a $0 return from taxes. So our "interest free loan" this yer was off by $4k.

 

[Jack Ryan]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: DeathBUA

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: JLee
Yeah, but how many people would actually have saved that money to begin with? Hint: Not very many.

I got mine a while ago...filed shortly after receiving my W2s.

I had to pound it into my girl. She was all excited to get 4K back.

LOOK! LOOK! I got 4000 dollars!

"dummy, that is your money. Just think what you could do if you didn't give it to them in the first place."

I guess you're right. It's a mindset. If you don't realize you are throwing money away by having a refund then so be it. Fool and his money are parted.

But then there are people like me who got all that money back because of deductions plus tax credits. If you left all those out I overpaid uncle sam by only $250...I make sure I get all the dime that is mine...This year was just particularly nice since I got just a smidgen over 10K back from combined federal and state.

Exactly. We also have to take into account my wife's small-home business too. Trying to figure that out into/with our personal taxes, there is NO WAY you could get a $0 return from taxes. So our "interest free loan" this yer was off by $4k.

I'm in the same situation. It feels good to be "wrong" in the positive, rather than the negative.

 

[baclips6]

got mine, took about a week and a half

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: JLee
Yeah, but how many people would actually have saved that money to begin with? Hint: Not very many.

I got mine a while ago...filed shortly after receiving my W2s.

I had to pound it into my girl. She was all excited to get 4K back.

LOOK! LOOK! I got 4000 dollars!

"dummy, that is your money. Just think what you could do if you didn't give it to them in the first place."

I guess you're right. It's a mindset. If you don't realize you are throwing money away by having a refund then so be it. Fool and his money are parted.

If I put it into a savings account I would have made a MASSIVE .8%. Yes less than one percent APY. If I had put it into the stock market I would have lost my ass.

Woo hoo.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

I even pay extra just because its a forced savings account so my wife doesnt see it.

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: skim milk
got mine on monday
it felt great depositing it into my bank account

heh, how's it feel to get your own money back that didn't make any more money for you?

Gimme some money to hold onto for a while, I'll make it make ME more money and give you what you gave me.

You know the saying - a fool and his money are soon parted. So - what do you say? Gimme 100K for a year and I'll give you 100K back and take all the profits?

Deal?

Some people get more back than they put in, even with adding exemptions to reduce the weekly hit. Tuition credits, dependent child credits, deductions, etc, often add up. So just because your perception that getting a return means you're giving more than you should doesn't make it true in all cases.

Myself, I make a lot of money by freelancing. I'd rather have the taxes on that income be offset by some of my payroll taxes so at tax time, I'm not sending a big check to the government. Instead, I'm even or I get a little back. I already have a lot of money in a variety of diversified investments (stocks, bonds, IRA, 401k, t-bills, commodities) so whether the govt has $1,000 of my money or not is really a non issue. I can live without $50 a week. I make more than that in interest and gains.

 

[ViviTheMage]

few weeks ago...only took 2 days for state, 4-5 for federal if i recall.

 

[Xavier434]

I filed for my taxes late Jan and got my return back via direct deposit about 3 weeks later in the middle of Feb.

 

[Xavier434]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: JLee
Yeah, but how many people would actually have saved that money to begin with? Hint: Not very many.

I got mine a while ago...filed shortly after receiving my W2s.

I had to pound it into my girl. She was all excited to get 4K back.

LOOK! LOOK! I got 4000 dollars!

"dummy, that is your money. Just think what you could do if you didn't give it to them in the first place."

I guess you're right. It's a mindset. If you don't realize you are throwing money away by having a refund then so be it. Fool and his money are parted.

You are the type that pisses on people's picnics aren't you? Let your girl be excited and happy. It really isn't that big of a deal. You take money way too seriously.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: SandEagle
got mine on the 12th. paid off all my CC bills. damn it feels good. I had 50K in cc bills 5 years ago. bought it down to 0 last week.

Awesome. I'm still waiting for the chinese to buy my debt.

 

[SirChadwick]

Got my return back in 10 days. $1100 woohoo!

I didn't take the $7500 interest free (1st time home buyers) loan though - I do not want to pay that crap back over 15 years.

 

[Beev]

I got mine about 2 weeks ago. Filed as soon as I could.

 

[hanoverphist]

efiled last tuesday, got it yesterday morning. pretty damn cool. especially when i get to efile for free, and they are prepared for free as well.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: DeathBUA

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: JLee
Yeah, but how many people would actually have saved that money to begin with? Hint: Not very many.

I got mine a while ago...filed shortly after receiving my W2s.

I had to pound it into my girl. She was all excited to get 4K back.

LOOK! LOOK! I got 4000 dollars!

"dummy, that is your money. Just think what you could do if you didn't give it to them in the first place."

I guess you're right. It's a mindset. If you don't realize you are throwing money away by having a refund then so be it. Fool and his money are parted.

But then there are people like me who got all that money back because of deductions plus tax credits. If you left all those out I overpaid uncle sam by only $250...I make sure I get all the dime that is mine...This year was just particularly nice since I got just a smidgen over 10K back from combined federal and state.

same here, before putting student loan interest, medical bills, mort int and child care i was almost at 150 return. i balance it fairly close every year, the extras are what give me the refund. and to the other guy, stop being so damn negative, makes you look like a dick.

 

[rgwalt]

Originally posted by: spidey07
I wouldn't know. If you get money back from your interest free loan to the gubment you're doing it wrong.

Tell you what - you send me 30,000 dollars right now. And I'll give you back 29,000 a year from now.

Deal?

In some cases it is tough or impossible to be in the situation of receiving no refund... This year I changed jobs, and as a result overpayed FICA tax. So, I'm receiving a refund that I couldn't possibly have avoided. However, this a fairly unique situation...

Haven't received my refund yet. I efiled with direct deposit and hope to see something in the next couple of weeks.

 

[dquan97]

got $2900 today for federal. It pays to have 3 kids!

 

[BoomerD]

Obligatory: That's your tax REFUND, not your return. (even though they ever so kindly RETURN your money)
The RETURN is the wad of paperwork (or e-paperwork) you file to get your refund...

 

[KentState]

I got my last Friday for $4800 federal and $800 from Georgia. Changing jobs, tax brackets, and getting a large signing bonus made it difficult to setup my deductions properly.

 

[daveshel]

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Obligatory: That's your tax REFUND, not your return. (even though they ever so kindly RETURN your money)
The RETURN is the wad of paperwork (or e-paperwork) you file to get your refund...

Beat me to it.