Tax refunds may be held

[Catwoman]

Hello, Everyone.  As I was driving home from work one evening, I happened to be listening to NPR.  They were discussing the fact that one option for stopping the financial bleeding at the state/fed level would be to delay giving out tax refunds.  They were quick to say that this isn't something that has been agreed upon...It's only something that they're considering.  I have already gotten all of my data together and sat down with my computerized tax program...I am getting mine sent in ASAP...Maybe I'll get my refund before "they" decide to withhold tax refunds nationwide!  Has anyone heard anything regarding this?  I only heard it once and then it has not been discussed again.

[jerry wagner]

There was no real discussion of that in Kansas at a state level.  Congress and the administration have not, to my knowledge, entertained this option.  What you may have heard was California's actions to control their fiscal mess.  They are delaying tax refunds in California as well as issuing IOUs to state employees and for many social assistance programs.

[srkruzich]

If they did that on a national level,  you could probably count on a war or in the very least rioting.  States can get away with it easier than feds can since they don't give the welfare out in their refunds.
Think about it,, delaying or removng the EIC payments?  You woul dhave rioting in the streets

This is one reason i never let the government use my money for free when i was working all the time. I claimed enough w2 exemptions to keep from having a refund check at the end of the year.