{"id":3208,"date":"2009-04-13t12:03:27","date_gmt":"2009-04-13t17:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=3208"},"modified":"2009-04-13t12:31:08","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13t17:31:08","slug":"the-frill-is-gone-taxpayers-more-frugal-with-refunds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2009\/04\/13\/the-frill-is-gone-taxpayers-more-frugal-with-refunds\/","title":{"rendered":"the frill is gone: taxpayers more frugal with refunds."},"content":{"rendered":"
welcome to the new normal — frugal is the new black.<\/strong><\/p>\n fifty-four percent of those receiving refunds intend to pay off credit card, utility, housing and other bills, according to an associated press-gfk poll. that compares with 35 percent who said the same thing a year ago. only 5 percent, about the same as a year ago, plan a shopping spree.<\/p>\n although 38 percent plan to spend at least part of it, the spending will be on basic needs: 17 percent on food and clothing. it was 7 percent a year ago.<\/p>\n by the way, 8 percent of those who owe taxes said they were very likely or somewhat likely to use a credit card to pay their tax bill.<\/p>\n more:<\/strong><\/p>\n see the full ap story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n free download: get the 11-page pdf of the complete results from the ap gfk poll<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" welcome to the new normal — frugal is the new black. fifty-four percent of those receiving refunds intend to pay off credit card, utility, housing and other bills, according to an associated press-gfk poll. that compares with 35 percent who … continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outlook"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n