How Do Payday Loans Affect YOUR Taxes?

December 25th, 2011

Good old payday loans; where would we be without them? Some people even get a refund anticipation loan on the money they expect back from their taxes; while they have payday loans out!

I Haven’t Paid It Off Yet

If you have a payday loan that is in default, as long as the loan company has not gotten a judgment against you in a court of law it should not affect any refund that you have coming back or your taxes. Tax refund anticipation loans should not be necessary because by filing your taxes online, and doing it in a timely manner, you can receive your refund within a two week period… If you’ve already got a payday loan out there, do you really want to get another loan just for a couple of weeks? A payday loan can be there when you need it; it can be a real blessing. And if you do it around tax time, do yourself a favor and do that online filing of your tax return to receive your refund in two weeks so that you can pay off that loan. Who knows, you may need one again someday.

Garnishments Can Kill Your Refund

Of course if you owe the IRS from years past or have a payday loan company that has gotten a judgment against you, you can probably kiss your tax return goodbye. And your credit. Payday loans are great for people that absolutely need them when they absolutely need to have them; don’t jump the gun and grab a payday loan for frivolous reasons. If you can, wait for your tax return do so. There are any numbers of payday loan company people that will be there if that tax return proves to be less than you’d hoped for; this is of course assuming that you have a job.

What, after all, is a payday loan with no job with which to receive a payday?!