While his friends were out partying in celebration of their mid-year exams, Hugo Honey did the responsible thing by staying at home to get his affairs in order. He definitely didn’t bail on drinks because he’s surviving on food scraps and desperately needed his tax return to pay his rent. 

Having blown his monthly grocery budget on a serve of smashed avo on Sunday morning, Honey has been getting by, putting in action all the techniques he has picked up from television series Extreme Cheapskates. Although effectively surviving off fumes now, Honey has been planning for his big pay day once the new financial year ticks over and he can lodge his FY22 tax return. 

“The lads were keen to go celebrate with a few beers tonight, but I politely declined because I thought it might be a bit too much to be skimping sips off everyone’s drinks for the sixth consecutive night,” said Honey. 

“Instead, I have been preparing all my receipts and logging my tax deductible expenses, ready to get all my tax money back as soon as the clock ticks past 12am.” 

Where Honey has been hearing of mates getting tax refunds upwards of $2,000 each year, his poor understanding of the Australian tax system is likely to disappoint once he completes his online lodgment, being unemployed and all…