Using Your Tax Refund, and Is Pet Insurance Worth the Cost?

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NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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The windfall of a tax refund can be a boon to your savings, help fund a vacation — and more. To kick off this episode, Sean and Liz talk about different ways to use your tax refund and why you might have to wait awhile for yours. Then they answer a listener’s money question about whether pet insurance is worth the cost. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Timestamps: This Week in Your Money segment: 0:00 - 10:27 Money Question segment: 10:28 - 30:25 Like what you hear? Please leave us a review and tell a friend. Also, we are running a sweepstakes ahead of our new Nerdy Book Club series. You can enter for a chance to win Paco de Leon’s book “Finance for the People: Getting a Grip on Your Finances.” by emailing [email protected] with the subject "Book Sweepstakes” during the Sweepstakes Period. Include the following information: your first and last name, email address, ZIP code and phone number. Check out our book club page for more info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.5	In this episode, Sean and I answer a listener's question about whether pet insurance is worth it. But first, in our
1:11.5	this week in your money segment, we're talking about your tax refund. Yes. First of all, if you
1:16.5	have not filed your taxes yet, make sure that you do. The 2021 tax returns are due on April 18th,
1:22.6	which is coming up pretty quick. So set aside a couple hours in the next two weeks to get that done.
1:28.3	Now, if you've already filed, you may have already gotten your refund or not. Yeah, it's taking a while for folks
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