https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 21 May 2026 15:26:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans/page/2#post-2694162 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 18:48:34 +0000 gotkimchi 2694162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pwnstar: interesting article I haven't seen that table before! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans/page/2#post-2694147 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 18:13:38 +0000 pwnstar 2694147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Modern Daisy: It will actually cost many families more (of the families who are elegible-not everybody is). Many articles have discussed this issue:</p> <p>The trade-off is that Trump's plan calls for repealing personal exemptions for taxpayers and their dependents as well as the head of household filing status. </p> <p>If that happens, single parents with dependent children and most married households with at least three dependents would pay more in federal income taxes (according to Batchelder's analysis, even with Trump's child-care tax breaks). </p> <p><a href="https://www.google.com/amp/www.cnbc.com/amp/2016/12/01/trumps-plan-to-help-middle-class-using-child-care-tax-breaks.html?client=safari" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/amp/www.cnbc.com/amp/2016/12/01/trumps-plan-to-help-middle-class-using-child-care-tax-breaks.html?client=safari</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans/page/2#post-2694123 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 17:13:26 +0000 Modern Daisy 2694123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm excited already for 2018! If either version of the Trump/house reforms get pushed through it will not only be huge for the average family but people who pay for childcare are finally going to get a break. Also if any of you own a c or s corp your business income taxes will be 15%! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans/page/2#post-2694005 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 15:06:42 +0000 AmandaB8 2694005@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We need to buy a new stove because ours is trying to explode on us...anything left will be to pay off credit cards from when I was laid off last year. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans/page/2#post-2693941 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 14:27:30 +0000 Boogs 2693941@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We do our taxes tomorrow! It will go in the savings and probably eventually go towards a new car for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans/page/2#post-2693237 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 17:44:48 +0000 MrsBrewer 2693237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Paying off one of our student loans, most likely surgery on one of our dogs 😢, then savings if there's anything left. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans/page/2#post-2693216 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:54:59 +0000 MrsSCB 2693216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sapphire: We usually owe, and this is what I try to tell myself while paying it, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans/page/2#post-2693214 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:52:40 +0000 MrsKoala 2693214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It will either go towards daycare or the kids' college funds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans/page/2#post-2693212 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:49:02 +0000 808love 2693212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First year ever we will owe....a few hundred dollars. So no play for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans/page/2#post-2693195 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:27:19 +0000 hummusgirl 2693195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Paying down debt, mostly. We're expecting a pretty big refund so we're going to finish paying off DH's student loan and put a lot toward our second mortgage. And we also owe on our property taxes because we've been underpaying since we bought a couple years ago and it hadn't adjusted yet. Gahhh adulting. There was a time this would all be fun $$. </p> <p>Also hoping to save some for a trip to visit my sister in Canada slash move there when our country implodes. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans/page/2#post-2693175 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 16:01:40 +0000 skipra 2693175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no idea how much we'll get but DH is also due a sizeable bonus so our plans are to fund my IRA and to set the rest aside for some work we need to do around the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans/page/2#post-2693078 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 14:18:02 +0000 brownepiano 2693078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually don't get a return, but wind up getting to keep some of what I set aside for self employment taxes. All the extra is going into my new piano fund. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2693077 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 14:13:52 +0000 Coffee-lover 2693077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We already got our refund. We paid off our 2 credit cards, took a small amount of personal money for ourselves, and pit the rest towards paying down my car. Our goal is to pay my car off by the end of the year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2693075 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 14:10:08 +0000 krispi 2693075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Probably a trip. We've discussed possibly flying out west to visit family but no definite decision yet.</p> <p>We also have some money saved up to do some landscaping and build a patio in our backyard, so we may put some toward that. We hope to get that project started in the spring. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2693068 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 13:59:25 +0000 psw27 2693068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just hoping not to owe! But if we get anything back it will just go in savings to cover my upcoming unpaid maternity leave and then 2 in daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2693058 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 13:48:44 +0000 littlejoy 2693058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I own my own business, and even with paying quarterly taxes, we still always owe more at the end of the year. Sometimes I think about working a traditional job just so we can get a tax return! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2693046 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 13:41:08 +0000 Boopers 2693046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We owe this year which I wasn't expecting! 😫 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2693038 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 13:31:55 +0000 snowjewelz 2693038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We should get more since LO2 came Dec... But all going to savings to pay for double daycare :sad: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2693035 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 13:29:37 +0000 bhbee 2693035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we're getting a good return this year because DH switched jobs and overpaid social security (plus I SAH which helps a lot on getting a refund! when I worked we paid estimated taxes instead.)<br /> I have a whole list - preschool for next year, landscaping improvement, medical allowance for our deductible, summer camps, photo book gifts for grandparents, car insurance . . . so it's all spoken for already but it's mostly not splurges. we may actually go on vacation this year though because it's covering a lot of the stuff we'd usually be saving for throughout the year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2693007 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 12:35:37 +0000 Bao 2693007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@codeitall: that's a fun idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2693006 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 12:34:48 +0000 codeitall 2693006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We made a paper chain for our savings goals and as soon as that refund comes in (surprisingly high with a couple extra tax credits!) we'll be cutting off a lot of paper links. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2692997 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 12:19:56 +0000 JCCovi 2692997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours will go into travel savings for a big trip in 2018 to China. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2692996 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 12:18:47 +0000 youboots 2692996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually get the same amount and I will pay down our equity line of credit we used last year to do a massive and expensive home project. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2692991 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 12:14:03 +0000 skinnycow 2692991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Putting it toward debt. We usually don't get much of a refund but we have a decent one this year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2692912 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 10:50:42 +0000 mrswilson2012 2692912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tax refund? We never get a refund. We typically owe a couple hundred dollars every year and we set it up that way on purpose. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2692909 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 10:48:43 +0000 lamariniere 2692909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I always owe and this year is going to be exceptionally large (for me). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2692905 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 10:45:22 +0000 sapphire 2692905@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: don't be jealous! This just means people lent the government their money and got it back without interest. I'd rather keep my money up front and invest with interest into my 401k, HSA, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2692898 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 10:43:20 +0000 sapphire 2692898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I doubt we'll have much of a refund. We try to balance our withholdings so we come out about even at tax time. As long as it's plus or minus owing/receiving about $500, I'm happy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2692890 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 10:38:44 +0000 caterw 2692890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are paying off the last of baby #2's hospital bill and buying a new bed set. Anything left after that goes into savings. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/tax-refund-plans#post-2692887 Tue, 07 Feb 2017 10:37:22 +0000 MediaNaranja 2692887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This year's is not huge (less than $1000), but it is enough to cover flights for a vacation we're taking in June to celebrate our 5th anniversary. Yay!! </p>