The tax refund, no matter how big or small, can be used for debt relief or modification actions. You can do this directly or indirectly. Here are some ways.
Control your spending online. It’s easy to say you won’t, so create safeguards to stop yourself from using your tax refund for online purchases. Unsubscribe from RSS shopping feeds. Remove all your favorite shopping bookmarks. Delete or deactivate your profiles in your favorite shopping sites. In other words, make sure that you have put as many additional steps to shopping online as you can.
Divide the refund immediately. The moment you do get the tax refund, remove all the amounts that will go to debt relief or modification, savings or mortgage payments. But be kind to yourself and save some of it for simply spending on what you want. There’s no need to feel deprived. You can also divide it by spending only an allotted amount monthly. That will prevent you from blowing it all on one big purchase or spending spree.
Pay the IRS early. Earmark the tax refund for next year’s tax return. This way, you save money in an indirect way. You will be able to lower your monthly savings for the expected taxes. Even better, it’s possible to end up with a little extra if your tax refund is larger than your taxes. If you can also defer spending even more by continuing for the next few months with your tax savings, until the point where you estimate you’ve saved enough so that you can pay the full tax return with the tax refund and your savings at that point.
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