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Originally Posted by smacintush
You just loaned you hard-earned money to the federal government for 0% interest. Congratulations.
Don't forget, there is a smarter way…
I got my state return today. Federal return should come in the next couple days.
I have very little idea how to schedule my taxes to I come out even. So I always get a refund.
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Originally Posted by what_the_heck
Don't forget, there is a smarter way.
Get some exemptions and underpay taxes and borrow from the government. When time comes to pay, p…
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Originally Posted by what_the_heck
Refund, probably 2.5 grand. Great. Need to pay some bills.
If you get paid 2 times a month... you may not have bills to pay off if…
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Originally Posted by production_coordinator
If you get paid 2 times a month... you may not have bills to pay off if your paycheck had the extra $100 you earned in there.
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I got £40 back last week. Do I win? It was from, like, 2002, when I was working as a lifeguard. As I was a student they shouldn't have taxed me, but they did one time and I didn't …
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Originally Posted by what_the_heck
Huh ?
What do you know about my bills ?
Bills are NOT always proportional to income, ya know !
On a second thought, I guess you misin…
Well you see it's like this...
On January 1, 2005 I officially retired from the Air Force. <deleted long winded discussion of how military retirees get shafted (yet again) by …
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Originally Posted by ghporter
<deleted long winded discussion of how military retirees get shafted (yet again) by Congress>
heh. didn't you read the part of …
I actually am getting a better package than most of the people who enlisted after me. My retired pay is based on my final check, and the plan gives me 2.5% of base pay per year of…
well to keep this completely tax related... ;-)
one of the better things they have done wrt military retirement is inclusion of military personnel into the thrift savings plan. …
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Originally Posted by smacintush
You just loaned you hard-earned money to the federal government for 0% interest.
Congratulations.
Yes, but only because a check I wa…
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Originally Posted by isao bered
well to keep this completely tax related... ;-)
one of the better things they have done wrt military retirement is inclusion of military…
We are getting $7515 back this year.
Yes, some people say that we "loaned" the government the money at 0% interest...
BUT we're getting back $7500 bucks in one lump sum...which…
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Originally Posted by ghporter
Well you see it's like this...
On January 1, 2005 I officially retired from the Air Force. <deleted long winded discussion of how milit…
Cody, your refund kicks mine's butt! How'd you manage that?
While it's not a good idea financially to maintain one's witholding such that one continuously gets large refunds, as …
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Originally Posted by SirCastor
Nothing like getting back money that already belongs to you...
That's why I say: Friends don't let friends borrow money.
Insurance costs money and you hope you won't have to use it. I think of having "the right amount" of witholding as being insurance. And sometimes, if you wind up with odd circums…
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Originally Posted by Cody Dawg
We are getting $7515 back this year.
Yes, some people say that we "loaned" the government the money at 0% interest...
BUT we're getting…