April 15, 2003
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For those of you in the US, did you get or send money from / to Uncle Sam?

get . . . But too much to feel good about it. Just means the government was holding my money instead of me holding it.

Felicia, 37
Lowell, MA USA

Oh sadness. I took an extra $50 a week out of my paycheck and still had to send Uncle Sam another $1000. ; - (

Janet, 45
E. Brunswick, NJ USA

I got back $1,108. It was spent the same day.

Laney, 60
TX USA

I did my taxes back in early February. Woo hoo ~ got some of my own money back!

Fisch, 47
Preston, CT USA

We did our taxes in February and received our rebate last week.

Cindy, 41
VA USA

get....not much, but im not gonna complain ; )

Cara, 18
Valparasio, IN USA

no, was i supposed to?

A-Dog, 20
Eugene, OR USA

For the first time in years, I am getting a refund. That doesn't, of course, say much for the state of the economy.

Jane, 63
West Linn, OR USA

Sent him money with papers for an extension. I don't think we owed him as much as we came up with so we need someone to look at our taxes and straighten this out!

Tracy, 24
Ocean City, NJ USA

Not today. About a month ago though, we sent $1500 to him. (We had to have a new motor put in our car last fall so like an idiot, I withdrew money from our investments to pay for it. I didn't realize that we would have to pay a penalty to the IRS.)

Reba, 57
Gaithersburg, MD USA

I paid 900 bucks to Uncle Sam and 300 bucks to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This is the first time I've ever had to pay taxes! Yikes! And I took every deduction I could...

Laura, 38
Lowel, MA USA

This year I got money. 2002 was my first full year in my new house paying my new mortgage, so most of my payments were deductible interest. I also had to sell some stock to pay for tuition, and the loss more than offset any dividends I got.

Cathie, 53
Novi, MI USA

Thanks to a predictable income we paid nothing. Of course, we didn't get any little goodies, either.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg, PA USA

Actually, I finished my taxes in February. I do it quickly so I can spend the money I get back quickly.

Doug2, 30
Kansas City, KS USA

We sent our taxes out a week or two ago. . .we should be getting money back.

Karen, 23
Ames, IA USA

I did my taxes a few months back and he gave me $!

Stephanie, 27
TX USA

I received $885 from taxes

Melodi, 19
Gahanna, OH USA

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