It’s Tax Day, and time to celebrate with an article from CNNMoney.com, “It’s Tax Day, let’s party“:
If you’re one of the millions of Americans who wait until the last minute to file your taxes, you may encounter some obstacles at the post office today. . . It’s tax time again. Across the country, all sorts of people are using April 15 as a day to sell stuff and to say stuff. . . ”
The article tells of a group of women dressed up as lemons, handing out samples of the new Super Sour Lemonade. Their motto: “Life hands you lemons on Tax Day, so drink lemonade.”
Also, some tax humor from the Tax Guru here.
And on a more serious note, what do you do with that tax refund? Jonathan P. Decker for the Christian Science Monitor via ABC News.com offers a suggestion or two in this article–“Spend Wisely: Put Your Tax Refund to Work“:
“If you simply put part of your refund into your 401(k), and have a match from an employer of 50 cents for each dollar you contribute, that’s a terrific way to build a retirement nest egg,” says Marc Freedman, a financial planner at TriCapital in North Bethesda, Md. “I’d say about 70 percent of my clients invest all or a good part of their tax refund.”