Gentle encouragement or financial incentives could result in more people setting aside at least some of their tax refund for emergency savings, a new study suggests. investinyou (In partnership with acorns.)
Gentle encouragement or financial incentives could result in more people setting aside at least some of their tax refund for emergency savings, a new study suggests.
The research shows that among taxpayers who used a prepaid card from H&R Block to receive their 2017 refund, those who were sent messages about saving their refund were more likely to squirrel something away than those who did not receive any communications, according to the study, which was released on Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
"For society in general, the 'spend' message is loud and we want to get that 'savings' message out there, as well," CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Tuesday.The need for savings is clear: Many U.S. consumers lack sufficient emergency reserves of cash, and close to 40% of households would have to borrow or sell something to cover a $400 emergency expense, according to a 2018 Federal Reserve survey.
The CFPB partnered with H&R Block to research whether certain types of communications and incentives would increase the savings rate of consumers who received a tax refund. The pilot study, conducted during the 2017 tax-filing season, showed that either sending an email encouraging savings or offering a $5 incentive to use the prepaid card's savings feature was effective for some of H&R Block's customers.In the 2017 tax-filing season, 101.
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