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What Is Taxes?
Taxes is a subject covered in depth across 2 podcast episodes in our database. Below you'll find key concepts, expert insights, and the top episodes to listen to — all distilled from hours of conversation by leading experts.
What Experts Say About Taxes
- 1.A tax refund from the IRS is essentially a 0% loan you've given to the United States government.
- 2.Getting a tax refund indicates you overpaid the IRS throughout the year.
- 3.Overpaying taxes makes you effectively poorer due to inflation, as your money loses value without earning interest.
- 4.For example, something costing $100 today could cost $103 next year due to inflation.
- 5.The IRS provides a tax withholding calculator, created during the pandemic, to help individuals determine the correct amount of money to withhold.
- 6.Using the IRS tax withholding calculator can prevent you from overpaying taxes to the government.