Why Tax Refunds Aren’t Fun Anymore

Liz Weston, NerdWallet.com
Thu, 03/01/2018 - 3:28pm

The typical advice about what people should do with their tax refunds — save for retirement! pay off debt! — ignores how little wiggle room many families have with their finances. Tax refunds averaged $2,895 last year, and were the largest single cash infusion received all year by 40% of the checking account holders recently... Liz Weston is a writer at NerdWallet.

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