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#1 2008-05-01 1:33 pm
- pottymouth
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- From: JP, MA
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Got my $600
(US thread. Sorry, rest of the world.)
What are you going to spend yours on? Personally, I'll be putting mine towards the $650 I owe the oil company for underestimating my oil budget. I guess should invest in sweaters and blankets for next year. 
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#2 2008-05-01 1:59 pm
- CrashingtehWarehouse
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- From: The Frozen Tundra
- Registered: 2006-08-11
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Re: Got my $600
My parents decided they wanted to claim me this year. Ended up screwing me out of $1100. 
AND I ended up having to OWE money.
Useless gov't. Taking a student's monies.
Alright, now, who wants to be transistorized?
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#4 2008-05-01 2:57 pm
- pottymouth
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Re: Got my $600
CrashingtehWarehouse wrote:
My parents decided they wanted to claim me this year. Ended up screwing me out of $1100.
Useless gov't. Taking a student's monies.
Oh, they'll probably get you back. This was the last year I'm able to deduct my student loan interest.
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#5 2008-05-01 4:14 pm
- CrashingtehWarehouse
- Dismember
- From: The Frozen Tundra
- Registered: 2006-08-11
- Posts: 1134
Re: Got my $600
Get me back? I thought I was the victim here!
Alright, now, who wants to be transistorized?
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#6 2008-05-01 4:26 pm
- Nefarious
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- Registered: 2002-09-30
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Re: Got my $600
I'm not going to file for a while. 
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#7 2008-05-01 4:33 pm
- Mercury52
- Card Guy
- From: NY
- Registered: 2004-08-24
- Posts: 788
Re: Got my $600
Got mine a few days ago. I filed online using TurboTax back in Feb. I checked my balanced online the other day, and saw that the 600 had been added. I guess the IRS decided to use whatever method I liked for my tax refund for the rebate as well.
I recently started a new company, so it was a welcome bit of extra cash, as I wasn't expecting it until June. It'll probably go to a variety of small purchases.
Why isn't anything raisin-flavored?
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#8 2008-05-01 4:58 pm
- longboy
- aka "shorty"
- From: Colorado
- Registered: 2005-03-08
- Posts: 494
Re: Got my $600
I'm getting $1500 back...but its going right to the CC company for the new transmission I had to buy, and $850 to the medical bill that insurance won't cover.
Oh, and the $1500 doesn't cover all of that
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#9 2008-05-01 5:37 pm
Re: Got my $600
i think what pottymouth was originally talking about is the Economic Stimulus package. i think.
in which case, i haven't gotten mine yet, and i'm a bit distraught. according to the time table i saw (the one that matches the last two digits of your SSN and the dates to expect), i shoulda' had mine on monday (via direct deposit).
suck it, trebek.
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#10 2008-05-01 7:11 pm
Re: Got my $600
The date it gets deposited depends on your SS#:
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,, … 72,00.html
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#11 2008-05-01 7:39 pm
- FutureDreamz
- 1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55
- From: カナダ
- Registered: 2007-01-07
- Posts: 4511
Re: Got my $600
darn all I got was $400. and that was a few years ago.
Thanks for clicking.
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#12 2008-05-01 8:51 pm
- wellfleation
- High on Life
- From: Metheun, Mass.
- Registered: 2001-11-13
- Posts: 8674
Re: Got my $600
ScifiterX wrote:
I live on SSI so I'm SOL.
I don't think you are.
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#13 2008-05-01 10:47 pm
- Booksley
- Zombie Genocidest
- From: Toronto, Ontario
- Registered: 2001-02-16
- Posts: 5037
Re: Got my $600
I got back $2248.84. Hooray for tutition deductions!
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#14 2008-05-01 11:01 pm
- Graphic Autist
- Scumdog of the Universe
- From: Antarctica
- Registered: 2003-06-08
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Re: Got my $600
I'm spending mine on booze, bud and broads.
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#15 2008-05-01 11:08 pm
- pottymouth
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Re: Got my $600
Yeah, I'm just talking about the stimulus dealie. My tax return went straight to the bank (minus a bit for a blu-ray player) where it shoulda been in the first place.
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#17 2008-05-01 11:54 pm
Re: Got my $600
"Note: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is not considered qualifying income and is not included for the purpose of establishing eligibility for the stimulus payment."
That's from the link posted. I seem to recall them changing their minds about that, though.
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#18 2008-05-02 7:22 am
- Daddyo
- hoochie coochie man
- From: the last juke joint
- Registered: 2004-01-24
- Posts: 1881
Re: Got my $600
Booksley wrote:
I got back $2248.84. Hooray for tutition deductions!
It was all yours to start with.
A million seconds is 12 days.
A billion seconds is 31 years.
A trillion seconds is 31,688 years.
Hope and change could be forever.
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#19 2008-05-02 8:38 am
- user
- Your plastic pal who's fun to be with
- From: I'm not getting you down, am I
- Registered: 2001-10-15
- Posts: 16025
Re: Got my $600
Altivec wrote:
The date it gets deposited depends on your SS#:
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,, … 72,00.html
ouch
I have to wait until the end of June!
I didn't want to give the IRS access to my checking account, even though it probably doesn't really matter.
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
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#20 2008-05-02 9:01 am
- clio
- a god-free muse
- From: Texas
- Registered: 2001-12-08
- Posts: 460
Re: Got my $600
A new road bike 
Well, towards it, at least.
Last edited by clio (2008-05-02 9:02 am)
"When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me." - Emo Phillips
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#21 2008-05-02 10:08 am
Re: Got my $600
I'm suppose to get my check next week. Mine isn't going to what they want though. It's going in a savings account.
Booksley: you must be talking about regular taxes and not the stimulus check this thread is about?
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#23 2008-05-02 11:59 am
- C. Ives
- We're All Mad Here
- From: Wonderland
- Registered: 2001-03-05
- Posts: 2065
Re: Got my $600
I'm taking a trip to Europe this summer, and I need extra cash. The bars in Austria and Germany will be getting my cash!
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#24 2008-05-02 12:08 pm
Re: Got my $600
C. Ives wrote:
I'm taking a trip to Europe this summer, and I need extra cash. The bars in Austria and Germany will be getting my cash!
Oh, how fun! You'll have to let us know how the trip goes. First time going there?
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#25 2008-05-02 12:12 pm
- longboy
- aka "shorty"
- From: Colorado
- Registered: 2005-03-08
- Posts: 494
Re: Got my $600
LOL, spending the economic stimulus money in other countries 
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