Happy Tax Season!

[Benton]

(04-18-2019, 09:34 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: The most fiscally responsible thing to do is base your withholding on the amount you will actually owe and not have any refund or owe anything. It's good for you, because you don't owe and you aren't giving a loan, and it's good for the government as it ensures a steady revenue stream. Liberals like people to get refunds because it makes it seem like they are getting something back with the filing of their taxes, conservatives like people to pay because it makes it more of a burden which makes taxpaying more of a chore overall. That is legitimately why the messaging is what it is on this from the different ideological sides. I have heard this from multiple partisan actors in both private and public discussions.

No real logic, just my opinion: it always seemed like it was better to owe in that I had those dollars during the year to invest in making more dollars. If I get to the end and get money back, the government kept money that was mine that I could've used to make more money. 

But that's just my opinion. I'd rather not pay all the taxes I do.