that's something my wife knows about.. personally I have never seen one.. I manage my tax payments so I neither owe or am owed at the end of the year.. my money has been working all year long for me instead of waiting in the taxman's coffers!

i was just looking at how beat up my money clip is; this is destiny.

my tax refund is paying off some mandatory repairs on a rental property, and the balance goes into my ROTH for 2008.

After spending a few days browsing this site, it has renewed my lost love of bargain hunting. There's a certain pleasantness in understanding that someone else isn't getting rich while simultaneously laughing at me for buying their useless stuff. I plan to see how far I can get my tax return to go without being taxed on it, simply for spite. Clothing, garage sales and internet shopping are going to be widely implemented as the government receives nothing from those purchases in PA. I'm no anarchist and I know the government needs it's money to operate, but if they're not going to take it from me...I'm pretty determined to keep it myself.

How about those who will be owing money at tax time? My tax refund is currently at negative $5910. Maybe I should write about how the government might be spending that instead. :)

on doing some repairs around our house. The rest of the money will either be saved as cash for eventually replacing our current car, or used to make some extra payments on student loan debt.

Since my refunds are never expected (I plan to neither owe nor be owed), I'm taking the refund and trying to double it on red!

As usual, my tax refund will be funding my "get out of town and go play with my nephews" travel fund. Although this year I've got a trip planned before I finish my taxes...all hail the power of creative budgeting. :)

im gonna blow it on my car :)

Most of our tax refund is going into savings, but were going to spend a little bit to upgrade our house.

Those money clips are indeed pretty sweet - and while I know you gotta slant this one toward the fellas, as a chick I'd still be down to use one...

While I probably *should* put my tax deliciousness toward something important like "rent" or "savings" - I'll probably blow it on some geeky treat (go gadget go), or maybe some outrageous New York restaurant. Life is too short, eh?

...is going towards my credit card debt. Slowly but surely it is disappearing.

My refund is going against credit card debt and to the vet so my little dog Homer can get dental surgery. Yes, dental surgery.

Dental surgery for dogs is not unheard of. Some breeds carry gum disease more than others. I had to take my miniature schnauzers to the doggie dentist more than once :(

MY wife and I already got out returns which I used to pay off a loan I took out against my 401k(it was an emergency) and put into savings for our baby fund (were are expecting March 19th...wheee!)

We overlooked the fact that our daughter turned 17 two weeks before year end. So much of our tax windfall will go to pay the nearly $1,000 in taxes we owe due to the loss of our child tax credit for her! The rest...for school.

If we get a refund, we will be looking at a new dresser. The one we have was given to us by my parents who got it from their parents. All in all it is probably over 40 years old and falling apart.

I wanted to try and save my tax refund as much as possible. Something always comes up...

While I don't know how much, or if any, I will be getting back this year we are using the tips from these blog sites to pay off as much of our debt as possible. We have found a new interest in our money and these sites have kept tha interest going strong.

We have our savings already near $1,000 and we plan on capping that off, then we attack our snowball debt elimination project which we hope to have wrapped up by the middle to end of this year (minus vehicles). Once our vehicles are paid off within the next two years it's on to retirement, savings and our four children's college savings. Oldest is ten so we have some serious catching up to do.

Before finding these sites we had planned on replacing our home laptop with a new macbook. That can wait another year or two until we get out of debt and save enough cash for one.

I am a divorced mom with a son..each year my parents will treat us to airplane tickets for a summer vacation to florida where they live (since that is not in my budget) This year, due to the tax rebate we can buy our own tickets...a treat for my self respect and a break for my parents. (by the way,iI bet my dad would LOVE a money clip!)
enjoy your rebates everyone!!

My refund went right to my ING Savings account, which is my townhouse war chest. I hope to be owning something by early June, so my Bush Bucks from the stimulus package will go right to replenishing my savings.

Spend it on a home improvement project or pay for private school tuition!

No refund for me, but I could still use the clip.

I could really use a vacation. I've picked out the perfect cabin new Hocking, OH and now all I need is a few bucks saved up to make it happen.

I plan on using my tax refund that includes my first year tuition towards a 94' Volkswagen so I can travel with my friends, and drive to work instead of being a dependent on the shoddy public transit system in my area.

....a number of different places. Since spring is soon upon on us,I'm focused on outdoors thrifty stuff. So some money is going to solar landscape lights, vegetable garden supplies, a few cans of paint and painting supplies and lastly, some wood to build a small gazebo-like structure to shade my air conditioning compressor. The remainder I'll donate to S.I.C.S.A. ( a non profit animal shelter) where I volunteer and where I got my "recycled" pup, Penny!

State refund is paying the Federal bill..

We're using our refund to pay off debt. Looking forward to seeing that number drop! These money clips look slick. Nice choice!

Pay. Off. Debt. I'd love do to something fun but I need to be practical and use this minor windfall to chip away at the remaining credit card balance. Not fun, but smart... right?

The money from this year's tax refund will fund the final thrust of removing the clutter and excess that is in my condo garage by providing the necessary funds to hold multiple garage sales and replace ineffective storage solutions (cardboard boxes) with something much more substantial (plastic storage organizers).

The remainder of the funds left over from the garage overhaul will go towards upgrading my bicycle so that when gas hit's $4.00 a gallon this summer - I'll be able to bike the 2 miles to and from work.

Lastly, if there's anything left over after that - I'll probably save it for something else down the road - like maybe a Vespa.

Gotta love a nice money clip! Our tax return will be going directly into our savings for a down payment on a house.

putting it all toward the remainder of my auto loan.

Depends on how much I get back. Probably I will use some to pay down a student loan, I've got private and federal, I'll try to save some, and perhaps I'll buy the third season of bones on dvd or itunes.

(upgrading from the binder clip would be nice, and then I can use the binder clip on a cork board to hang lists and maps, and calendars and stuff...)

Right into my roth IRA!

I would like to finally get my extra road bicycle put together with the money back I get.

I really should adjust my withholding to get a little more on the break even.

Hi, I will wait to see if we really receive one! Please enter me in the drawing for the money clip. My husband and two sons would love to have it! Thanks very much.....Cindi

Don't expect to get a refund... However, if I do get one, I will more than likely spend it on a new computer game, or maybe a book. Hope I win the clip anyway, because it would be nice to use on what little cash I have left after I buy gas for my truck.

Wow those money clip are nice! We usually buy my dad the leather ones... maybe we could talk him into one of these!

As for the tax refund, it will go to buying "real" insurance for my sister, the unemployed college student who doesn't have any but has a number of injuries that reqire a doctor's visit!

My dear hubby deserves a money clip to use for what money we have left over after we pay for the medications I have to take .... we haven't done our taxes yet but sure hope we get some kind of refund! Any extra is wonderful with prices on everything going up, up , up! Sure hope we win one of the money clips-would be a nice surprise. Thanks!

I doubt I'd love to spend my tax money on too much, but payments for my college classes are coming up and education does come first.

This would make a nice gift for my husband