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Clever Dude Opinion Poll: How much is your federal tax refund/payment?

April 13, 2007
By Clever Dude
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We owed over $1,000 in federal income tax this year because we had quite a bit more income in 2006 than in 2005, without increasing our deductions. I mentioned this in “No Employer 401k Match – Should you still contribute?“.

Now I want to know about your taxes. Did you owe money like us, break even, or get a refund?

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Remember, though, that getting a refund is like giving the government an interest-free loan.

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  1. Anne says

    April 13, 2007 at 12:53 pm

    About 2 grand

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  2. Clever Dude says

    April 13, 2007 at 1:23 pm

    Congrats. We were expecting the $5000 we got back last year (between federal and state), but as I mentioned, our tax situation was different this year.

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  3. Reporter20 says

    April 13, 2007 at 3:01 pm

    Ours was higher than expected this year for federal – more than $1000, but had to pay $288 to state. Grrr….why don’t states give credits like the feds? Or maybe it’s just Illinois?

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  4. chuck sing says

    February 6, 2008 at 12:26 pm

    I am thinking of swithing jobs to a company that as a 401k. having never had a 401k I was suprised to learn that possilble future employer only contributes 1% of the employers contributions. I was under the impression that most plans were matching. Is this competive with the maket

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    Chuc Sing

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  5. Clever Dude says

    February 6, 2008 at 2:06 pm

    Chuck, I don’t know what the average employer contribution is, but I’ve never had one that low. I would say if you’re only switching because of the 401k (i.e. the salary, hours, commute, work isn’t better), then think a little harder about it. Otherwise, if it’s just an extra perk they offer, then consider applying/accepting and take advantage of that 1%. It’s better than nothing!

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  6. Danny says

    July 19, 2008 at 2:06 am

    About the taxes – I seem to get burned for about 40k in taxes a year, its not fair that some people get back more than they pay in income tax, because of the choices they made in life. Oh and if you really want to have fun, try dealing with the IRS when they don’t credit your quarterly payments correctly.

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