Business

The average tax refund jumped 10 percent this year to $3,036, and while it might be nice to get that lump sum it might also be nice to have an extra $250 per month.

“If you have the discipline to save that money and do something with it, it’s much better to get it back over the course of the year,” said Bettie Hager, with Hager Tax Services.

Getting that big tax return is similar to giving the federal government an interest free loan.

Pat Gorbandt, with H&R Block, however said each person is different.

Toyota plant in Georgetown
planning significant hiring
Despite concerns about cutbacks because of problems related to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, of Georgetown, the automaker’s largest manufacturing facility in North plans is continuing to hire new employees.
“We are hiring for our variable work force,” plant spokesman Rick Hesterberg told The News-Graphic of Georgetown on Wednesday.

When McDonald’s kicks off its National Hiring Day on April 19, stores across the country will be looking to recruit close to 50,000 friendly, smiling faces looking to enter the workforce.

But those who apply could be putting themselves in line for more than they thought beneath the famed Golden Arches.

For instance, Rick Peter will be hiring more than 70 new employees across his three stores he owns in Shelby County and his stores in Taylorsville and Shepherdsville. And Peter has a history of employees working their way up the ladder.

Address: 1136 Frankfort Road

Who we are:  Mike Roberts, who has been in the insulation business for 36 years in Shelby and surrounding counties, is opening a new outlet in eastern Shelby County.