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How do you plan to spend your tax refund?
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Comment: WHAT REFUND! Not for us.... I think we get taxed too dam much. from Waterboro by Elaine
Comment: what tax refund !!! paying again this year from casco by pat
Comment: We are putting it in our savings. from Waterboro by Tammy
Comment: I will be spending my federal tax refund paying my state taxes, and then some. from Sabattus
Comment: The same as I always do, my refund goes torwards credit card debt. from Acton, ME by Wayne
Comment: what REFUND?????? from saco maine by brenda
Comment: I'm taking my 2 children on our first out-of-state vacation to visit my brother in Kansas. from Lewiston ME by Michelle
Comment: save most of it and take a small vaction close to home, most likely here in Maine this summer from Kennebunk by Tammy
Comment: paying off the car, the funiture and pay some of the taxes due in my home, pay the mortage and get caught up with the light, phone and cable bill at the end I would be left with no money but happy to have some creditors off my back. from livermore falls by nena
Comment: No refund, but I'm not paying in either... from South Portland by Micah
Comment: Saving every dollar, just in case I get laid off! from Lebanon, Me by Bryan
Comment: ALREADY RECIEVED, INVESTED IN NEW LAPTOP, FIX MY COUNTRY CADILAC!- PICK-M-UP TRUCK! from SOUTH PORTLAND by G.EM
Comment: I HAVE NOT WORKED IN 2 YEARS DUE TO THE STATE WON'T LETTING ME DUE TO CRIMINAL BACK GROUND CHECKS, SO I CAN'T COLLECT TAXES.ALSO EVEN IF I DO WORK, THE STATE TAKES MY TAXES DUE TO CHILD SUPPORT AND ON TOP OF THAT I PAY DOUBLE CHILD SUPPORT FOR ONE CHILD. SO NO I DON'T DO TAXES. from BIDDEFORD, MAINE by JAMES
Comment: Bills from Lewiston, Maine by Brian
Comment: I'm sure everyone is excited tax season is over in 2 days because nobody got anything anyway. Now put that in your pipe and smoke it. OH I'm sorry I can't afford the tax on the tobacco either so I'll just have a glass of water instead. DAVID J, BIRCH from westbrook by david
Comment: hahaha...lol..lol... We're burying it in a coffee can in the back yard...Cant even trust the banks these days! by ~Maine Momma~
Comment: spent my return in Feb. by paying off a loan. from Avon by Randall
Comment: we are going to try to save some of it and then pay our bills and rent from Biddeford by Irene
Comment: how come we get taxs twice? once when we get paid. and then agian when we do our taxes. isnt once enough..... from topsham by karen
Comment: What tax refund? by Bound
Comment: refund? do you mean getting my money back that was over taxed to begin with so the govt makes it feel like a gift? where are my penalties and interest from the govt for using/WASTING our money? from windham by chuck
Comment: took our kids to florida in feb and then bought them some new cloths ...cuz its never lasts and then put the rest away for our anniversery trip to florida with no kids! from scarborough
Comment: what tax refund does anyone even get a tax refund these days to much taxes in maine from portland by c
Comment: Tax refund ?? Don't you mean how do I anticipate the government will spend my tax payment. from Brunswick by Nik
Comment: I did months ago! by Amanda
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