The average household will receive about $ 3,000 in income tax refunds this year, and businesses from furniture stores to car dealerships see the trickle-down effect from those checks.
“It’s our money time,” said Claudia Davis at Davis Appliance & Furniture on Deans Bridge Road.
Davis said the first quarter of each year brings a steady stream of customers more willing to purchase big-ticket items, and with a larger down payment. Sometimes they even get customers who ask them to cash their refund checks for them.