Sorry for the thread hijack.
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Yea buddy, first year filing jointly with the wife. If I'd known how much more I would get back I would have gotten married sooner!
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If you are getting money back, it means you did something wrong. What happened to you is that Uncle Sugar got use of your money throughout the year for free. He didn't pay you any interest on it, even though you loaned it to him. Your goal should be to file your tax return without having to pay anything (they charge
you a penalty if you didn't allow them to withhold what you owe them) and without Uncle having to pay you anything.
Anything else is bad economics.