Will you blow your tax refund? More of us will

One of the first of an annual wave of tax season surveys on what Americans plan to do with their tax refunds says more of us will simply spend it.

Bethesda-based Taxsoftware.com says 28 percent of taxpayers it surveyed plan to save their refund, down significantly from 59 percent in 2007. Likewise, the share of Americans getting a refund who say they’ll use it to pay down debt fell to 33 percent, down from 54 percent eight years ago.

Its survey says 12 percent will spend their refund on home improvements,…