$950.00 - what will you do with it?

[Mansal]

Eligible for $250!!! Thanks for nothing KRudd!!
(off to see a fax accountant now...)

[Eu-GenixX]

i'd love to be only getting $250.... coz that would mean i'm already earning high end dollars.... $250 would buy me a new ivory back scratcher... :P

[FRDGAL]

I know exactly where ours is going. First is a huge shop! Stocking up on pantry/toiletries/laundry items aswell as formula, baby food, nappies. Going to fill the fridge and both freezers to their limits! I'll be getting my daughter a highchair & walker. All the kids will (as they did with last years handout) get clothes/runners/school shoes/new uniforms and a set amount of spending money to buy themselves something. I'm paying out my sons VCAL fees. I only have 5 months left on my car loan so I won't bother with that. We have nothing else (other than the essentials) that we need so whatevers left gets put away for week to week living costs.

I could buy a new couch (ours is 20+ years old!) and some clothes for myself, maybe put a stally back in the AU lol but then I can't do any of the above if I did any of that. I hate priorities LOL.

[ten[A]cio[U]s]

If I get it, it will stimulate my bank account until I need something.. Like tires.

[Daymoe]

We're getting a new vacuum cleaner and some other things

[Hillbilly F Truck]

Engine parts.

[Falcon_Crazy]

Camping Solar set up - sick of having to book into van site to power up lappy and battery backup system...

[efgiar]

will be going to my gf's wisdom teeth removal fund

[XYGTHO]

I get $900. WIll be going to an Aussie made garden shed, mortgage or my savings account.

[XR6_661]

I'm gonna lower my car.

And then take before and after pics, send the to the prime ministers office with a thank you card.

[seduced_xr]

parents just got some money for myself my sister and my brother. dont know if this was it. we had a think how we could all benefit from the money.

we have 1 46" LCD and really we need 2 TVs and the existing 2nd 1 was on its way out. the guys at retravision had priced us a 40" floorstock samsung series 6 for $1500.. so my brother went back the next day and the guy got confused cos of the wrong tags on things and we now have a 46" samsung series 6 LCD full 1080p HD for $1500 :P brand new 3 year warranty. thanks

spent all last night trying to work out the chinese symbols and diagrams on the 2 flat pack cupboards tho haha. and the cheap bastards seem to rip me off screws :P

[stang01]

sraight onto my 888.com poker account

[Joey_Falcon]

If you recieve centrelink benifits and put a 07 -08 tax return in do you get 2 x 900?

[Tuddy200]

Originally Posted by Bunyip_Chaser

If you recieve centrelink benifits and put a 07 -08 tax return in do you get 2 x 900?

Depending on the Centrelink Payment you are recieving yes.

[ubute]

Could always get one of these

http://www.kogan.com.au/shop/kogan-k...digital-tuner/

[Trek]

I know I definitely qualified to receive this not-so-free money.

The question is, when would I be due to receive it, as I'm categorised as a single, 'low-income' earner. I did file a tax return for the '07-'08 period, as well.

The newspapers said monday, I checked my bank account yesterday and it definitely hadn't been deposited yet. I've heard that certain people get it at certain times, too, but this wasn't covered by the newspapers, unfortunately. Monday was a public holiday, so to my understanding, the money should have been deposited Tuesday and appeared Wednesday, if all went well (which it didn't).

I'd say that I'll be shafted until a later time in the month(s).

Any thoughts/comments?

[Debzilla_108]

pretty sure people with kids get it first (so march)
and workers get it starting in april ? thats what i herd on the radio the other day
so someone feel free to correct me if i am wrong..

[Black F6]

Stimulus Payment Info.


"This year, taxpayers will receive an Economic Stimulus Payment. This is a very exciting new program that I will explain using the Q and A format:

Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment?
A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.

Q. Where will the government get this money?
A. From taxpayers.

Q. So the government is giving me back my own money?
A. Only a smidgin.

Q. What is the purpose of this payment?
A. The plan is that you will use the money to purchase a high-definition TV set or some such thing, thus stimulating the economy.

Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China ?
A. Shut up.


Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the Australian economy by spending your stimulus cheque wisely:

If you spend that money at Kmart, all the money will go to China .
If you spend it on petrol it will go to the Arabs.
If you purchase a computer it will go to India .
If you buy a car it will go to Japan .
If you purchase useless crap it will go to Taiwan .

And none of it will help the Australian economy.

We need to keep that money here in Australia. You can keep the money in Australia by spending it at garage sales, going to a cricket match or footy game, or spend it on beer and wine (domestic ONLY), or tattoos, since those are the only businesses that may still be owned by Aussies

[Jason[98.EL]]

Originally Posted by Debzilla_108

pretty sure people with kids get it first (so march)
and workers get it starting in april ? thats what i herd on the radio the other day
so someone feel free to correct me if i am wrong..

nope you are right

we got ours yesterday :

3 lots

2 back to school and the single income

the tax releif one starts in April around mid month

hope that helps

Jason

p.s mine is going on paying for clothes ect for the kids and a few new bits for the el

[XR6_661]

Someone was telling me that I'll get and extra wad because I'm studying as well as working?

[mcnews]

I'll put it towards my tax bill due later this month which goes a way to helping subsidise everyone's children... Didn't a financial analyst say a family earning 55k a year pays no tax anyway due to the welfare handouts they get given... The whole system is a bad joke.

[Tuddy200]

Originally Posted by XR6_661

Someone was telling me that I'll get and extra wad because I'm studying as well as working?

Your recieving AuStudy? I'd say you are, then yes.

http://www.centrelink.gov.au/interne...ts_feb2009.htm

[XR6_661]

No, I study through USQ and pay for it all myself...

[Nickxb]

Originally Posted by XR6_661

No, I study through USQ and pay for it all myself...

Me too but i study through SAE (school of audio engineering)

but i dont think that we get it unless the government helps us pay.

What a joke.....

[Smoke Pursuit]

I get it.. Didnt think i would but i do, lucky for tax deductions!

Wont be spending it, i just bought a new car and some goodies for it, like a car bra, tint etc etc... I think Australia does well outta people like me who spend most of our money on Australian made labor.

[dizzlexr6]

waiting for it mine is gonna be spent on a new tv, 32" is a bit out dated these days

[uranium_death]

Footy Cards! :P

[Trek]

Originally Posted by Debzilla_108

pretty sure people with kids get it first (so march)
and workers get it starting in april ? thats what i herd on the radio the other day
so someone feel free to correct me if i am wrong..

Thanks for clearing that up Debzilla

[SBR_1]

quesion for you all just to make sure im right, your tax feturn from last year had to have something on it correct???

if thats the case then GREAT... i wont get it cause my erning were the same as my tax payed so i got zero's on my return and only got about 5k last tax year witch was CRAP... can someone tell me if thats wrong and im not total screwed...

[GTpilot]

What will I do with the $950?? Buy a Slab of Jimmy Cans, Will put the $2 change into the guide dog at the door on the way out.