More Than One-Third of Workers Will Put Their Tax Refund into Savings, Finds New CareerBuilder Survey

More Than One-Third of Workers Will Put Their Tax Refund into Savings, Finds New CareerBuilder Survey -  CHICAGO, April 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The bad news: tax returns are due in a few days. The good news: fewer workers plan to use their tax refunds to pay off bills and more plan to put the money into savings, reflecting a more stable economy. According to a new CareerBuilder survey, 46 percent said they plan to use their tax refunds to pay off bills, down from 56 percent last year. In addition, more than one-third (36 percent) of workers report they will use their tax refund to augment their savings accounts, up from 34 percent who said the same last year. The annual CareerBuilder survey was conducted among more than 3,900 workers.