Yeah, did my taxes in less than 45 minutes. Not knowing how the tax law change would affect me overall I did the due diligent thing and had a small extra taken out each pay period. Well need to cancel that! Nice return, not that I am proud to have such a huge return but am perplexed by those who owe so much this year, hence the belly aching title.
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Those who are complaining are the ones who can't do math.
Less taken out of paycheck results in a smaller refund.
So, if you paid let's say, $1300 less in federal taxes in 2018 (money which stayed in your pocket) and only got $500 back in refund, you still got to keep an extra $1800 for the whole year. People do not understand that part.
I hope I explained it right. If I'm wrong, at least I tried. ;)
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Unless one pulls up last year's taxes to make comparisons, the amount of one's refund doesn't tell anything. Each tax year is different. Deductions, income (more or less overtime), maybe a small windfall, inheritance, changes in your investments, etc. So anyone just saying on I got X last year and now this year I got X-1 or X+1 arent necessarily making an accurate comparison. So, until my taxes are done and I can look at this year and last year side by side and calculate actual percentages, I won't know if i paid more or paid less.
I havent' gotten a refund in years. I almost always owe, which i prefer. That way the govt doesnt' get free use of my money all year. I pay enough and withhold enough to not get penalized but i always owe.
