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...mails here and it's my tax checks

#1: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Feb 23, 2012 [SPOILER]

Lucky you Travis,i hope it's a big one,enjoy your rebate.:)

A great little puzzle! Thanks Travis.

Cool - love the little flag. Other than the US it looks just like mine.

thanks all and i did my part today to help boost the economy

Really good puzzle but isn't the flag to alert the mail carrier when you have outgoing mail?

OK. Here is my problem with refund checks. We calculate the amount of our refund, say "Yahoo!" then go out and spend the money we don't yet have (ain't credit wonderful?) Then, when the check arrives we say "yahoo!" and go out and spend the money we just got.

I think we would be better off without a refund at all.

Not us; we didn't spend a dime until we received the check, and it usually went to large household items.

Sadly, this year we owe quite a bit.

haha moot

concerning taxes: if you think about it, someone can/will earn interest on your money... you or the government

if you get a tax refund, you have been paying too much in tax during the year and the government has been making interest off your money that you overpaid during that year

had you had that same money yourself (and been disciplined enough to invest it) YOU could have earned the interest on that same money

haha bug...the government making money

you sound just like the owner of the company i work for...he's very happy when he pays..means he made money

Actually bug is right,you should earn the interest on your money,not the government. If your really smart and disciplined,you can get a form from the tax office that goes to your employer telling them to not take any taxes off your income. You have to show the tax office proof that the money will instead be invested in an rrsp,at tax time that rrsp will defer any taxes you would have owed to the government for that yrs income. Furthur if you put that money in a government or labour sponsored fund rrsp the government credit is at 30 to 35 percent,which means you'll still get a rebate check at the end of the year. I did this one year,the only bad part is you have to leave the money in that fund for 8 yrs before you can cash it in,but you should leave it there for the long term anyways.

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