How To Get An Instant Pay Raise

As a gentleman was leaving my class recently, he wanted me to clarify something I had said. He was making sure that he should take his four or five thousand dollar tax refund and pay off debt.

I was stunned. This money represented $400-$500 that could have been in his pocket every month. A survey of my friends this week revealed one who was getting back $2800 and one getting $3300 back this year.

Getting a large tax refund (over $500) means you are having too much money withheld from your check every pay period.

Many people use this as a forced saving plan and it does not make any sense. You are loaning the government YOUR money, interest free. Every $1200 in refund is an extra $100 per month you could have used to eliminate debt or invest for your future.

I 'd venture to say that most people who do get large refunds could use this money every month to ease their debt burden. This burden frequently leads to late charges and higher interest rates. Instead, they like the feeling of getting that big check in the mail and figuring out how to spend that chunk of money.

The ideal situation is to either owe or get back $100.

If you get a big tax refund then you should adjust your allowances. The more allowances you claim, the less money is withheld from your check for taxes. It generally does not matter how many allowances you claim. If the government gets it's money they really don't care how many allowances you claim.

Here is how to get it right. Take the time to complete the appropriate worksheets included on Form W-4. The worksheets will help you determine your withholding allowances based on your income, adjustments, deductions, exemptions and tax credits. The worksheets can help you figure the right amount so you don't have too little withheld.

The IRS now has a calculator on their website which you can now access anytime at: http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96196,00.html

If you need help ask your payroll administrator at work or an accountant.

Keep your money working for YOU!

Leo J. Quinn, Jr. owner of http://www.LeoQuinn.com is a financial educator from the Albany, NY area. For over eight years he has been helping thousands of people get control of their finances and get out of debt in a fraction of the normal time. He has a special offer for readers of this newsletter at http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/adtrack.asp?AdID=132551

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Hefty increases in taxes on petrol, wine and cigarettes - Irish Times

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8i-0fd=Rurl=http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/1013/budgetlenihan.htmlcid=1257350635ei=GmL2SObqL5_S9QSS9JiQCQusg=AFQjCNHGm0VXPFii3-W_ruLjyGL0rXNAugimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=qcPQaMZyu_AJimgurl=dynimg.rte.ie/0001c31810dr.jpg width=80 height=60 alt= border=1brfont size=-2RTE.ie/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-0fd=Rurl=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1015/1224020737506.htmlcid=1257350635ei=GmL2SObqL5_S9QSS9JiQCQusg=AFQjCNFQsuTBEatZEfTwsWg2YMjPtvoriwHefty increases in btaxes/b on petrol, wine and cigarettes/abrfont size=-1font color=#6f6f6fIrish Times,nbsp;Irelandnbsp;-/font nobr20 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size=-1Health promotion groups expressed disappointment with the level of btax/b increases on cigarettes, while the AA criticised the fuel increases. b.../b/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-1fd=Rurl=http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/10/14/ap5552780.htmlcid=1257350635ei=GmL2SObqL5_S9QSS9JiQCQusg=AFQjCNG1YRfmMow3T_xcco1esgkNAYbdswIreland to raise btaxes/b in face of swelling deficit/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrForbes/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-2fd=Rurl=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D20601102%26sid%3Dau5s_ZL6nTPY%26refer%3Dukcid=1257350635ei=GmL2SObqL5_S9QSS9JiQCQusg=AFQjCNEGmpSiMD5EQxq6cxbqgpn-1Ql9ugIreland Raises bTaxes/b, Cuts Spending as Output Shrinks (Update1)/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrBloomberg/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-3fd=Rurl=http://www.irishabroad.com/news/irish-voice/news/Articles/tough-irish-budget151008.aspxcid=1257350635ei=GmL2SObqL5_S9QSS9JiQCQusg=AFQjCNFZq4npQfYC16whEdID7k71ieU6LwToughest Irish Budget in 20 Years/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrIrish Voice/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1 class=pa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-4fd=Rurl=http://www.herald.ie/opinion/columnists/dan-white/lack-of-bank-bailout-rendered-the-budget-a-painful-irrelevance-1499190.htmlcid=1257350635ei=GmL2SObqL5_S9QSS9JiQCQusg=AFQjCNEP8G4TMtfK4w8Kc1rLKSpedXhctQnobrHerald.ie/nobr/anbsp;- a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/8-5fd=Rurl=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/14/business/EU-Ireland-Crisis-Budget.phpcid=1257350635ei=GmL2SObqL5_S9QSS9JiQCQusg=AFQjCNHZLEn1V08SeKwk_Ntih_gBssBRBAnobrInternational Herald Tribune/nobr/a/fontbr/font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?sourceid=navclientie=ISO-8859-1rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-22,GGLG:enncl=1257350635hl=ennobrall 422 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

Finance minister favors lower gift, inheritance taxes - Taipei Times

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