is your tax return going to bills, being put back, or fun
@easymoney75503 (1702)
United States
January 4, 2009 9:07am CST
many of us are behind on bills, not working, and scared what this year holds. what are your plans for your return? i am paying off some payday loans and hoping to never have to do that again. i will also be getting my stuff out of the pawn shop lol. then catching up utlity bills. that should leave about 1000.00 left over. we were wanting to go on a vacation for a few days but with the way things are i think we are just going to put it back so that we dont get stuck with payday loans again. i am paying all the utlity companies an extra 300.00 so that when the bill comes in i will pay what it should of been and that way if i get behind again this year i will be ok. how about you. are you so behind your just going to play catch up. are you looking for work so saving it for the months to come. are you just going to say forget it and blow it on wants?
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@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
4 Jan 09
We need a couple new recliners, as both are broken. I also want to pay some of our bills down. I also want to put some back.
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@easymoney75503 (1702)
• United States
4 Jan 09
your one of the lucky ones then. trust me we have worked hard all year too but with people losing jobs everywhere our renters havent been paying rent so we have to pay the differnce since we have to pay the bank. we bought a property that has rentals on it and the peoples rent usally covers most of the payment but with people not working , lay offs etc they havent been able to pay. not to mention my main job has cut hours this year. we run a small property , i have a full time job, do a part time job. my husband has a handy man job he does. fixes everything on property, does all the grounds keeping. homeschools the kids, and then also has a part time job. we dont have nice cars, or anything like that so we dont live over our means this year has just been hard and we dont have the heart to kick people out cause they lost there jobs.
@syeryn (573)
• United States
4 Jan 09
Your renters are very fortunate that you have such compassion and understanding for their financial difficulties. Many others would put them on the street if they could not afford their rent. May your goodness bring you rewards ten-fold for your kind heart and generosity.
We live a very simple life and have only a handful of bills each month. When we need something, we save up the money and buy it with cash so that we do no incur debt. I do feel that we are fortunate in this regard.
@KrauseHome (36445)
• United States
31 Jan 09
A lot of it is really going to depend on how much we are going to be getting back. I would Love to be able to help use it for a Vacation this summer, but way things are going we might have to use most of it to pay our Property Taxes, and then maybe have a couple hundred maybe to spend somewhere else. It just seems like anymore it is really getting harder to make ends meet, and I wonder if the end will ever come for sure.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
5 Jan 09
I'm not sure if we will get a tax return this year. If we do get anything back, it will more than likely go to my bills or something we have to have.
@kimbers867 (2539)
• United States
4 Jan 09
We have been very blessed this year, we both still have our jobs and we don't have high credit card bills.
Whatever money we get will go towards a new roof that we need.
@creativedreamweaver (7297)
• United States
4 Jan 09
With all of our medical bills from hubby's cancer, we will be using our tax return to pay bills. That is about as far as it will go. I don't foresee having anything left over. Usually we use part of the money for a trip to Tucson to see my daughter and our grandson. Unfortunatly that won't be happening this year and it makes me really sad. Hubby will be going back to work in April (if he is well enough), so hopefully things will start to get better again.
@ersmommy1 (12587)
• United States
4 Jan 09
We just had a baby on Dec. 10. So I am certain it will be going to bills. I love my daughter. She is 5. Prices of everything going up. Newborns are even costlier when they are a different gender. All my girly stuff not going to him!
