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marybourg

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1. This might be a good time for those

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 03:21 PM

Oct 8

who overpay their income tax withholding in order to receive an illusionary gift of a refund of their own money once a year, to rethink this tactic. A better plan is to underpay slightly and owe our newly despotic government a small amount at tax time.

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