On about $50,000 income, we paid in $4,800. I worked as a freelance writer so I had to pay about $600 in taxes for my $5,000 income…BUT….

We have 2 children so that automatically gives us $2,000 back no matter what. Then we also got to deduct my home office, my laptop computer, my desktop computer, and a few other things so we are getting $4,093 back.

This is not overpaying or giving away money to someone to hold on to for the year, this is credits that we get back after paying only the exact amount in taxes we need to.

That is why people look forward to doing their taxes when they have children or if they are eligible for the EIC (which we did not qualify for this year but have in the last few years which made our returns close to $6,000).

I would be too scared to have my husband claim less dependants and get more money each month rather than paying that money in because money is always tight for us and we cannot afford to owe the IRS any money because each month we have exactly enough money to live on.

Right now we’re being evicted because we didn’t get our tax return on time so now we have to find a new place to live before the final eviction judgement goes through or we will be homeless. This WAS poor planning on our side because we thought that we could rely on the IRS to give us the money we are owed on time, but how can you help it when you have Christmas, your daughter’s birthday ON Christmas and our other daughter’s birthday 2 weeks after Christmas along with cut hours because my husband’s company isn’t even making enough money to break even and missed days because of snow. (I can’t work outside of the house because of 1. It would cost more in daycare and gas to even break even, and 2. I have agoraphobia which means that I have severe panic attacks every time I leave the house by myself and for some reason I don’t qualify for disability.)

Isis, Broker/owner, JorJa Peach realty & investments, LLC, CDPE, SFR, Short Sale Consultant.

That must be your actual knowledge of taxes. some people, including myself, qualify for credits that increase the size of a tax refund. therefore, it is NOT poor financial and tax planning to be counting on a refund.

Here’s some advice for you: think before you speak.

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