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"I get that people want refunds; that the extra money in their paychecks is invisble to them now that they owe at tax time. but I think that it's "
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amanda
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It definitely ignores that important fact, but I think it does reflect that a) now that they are getting hit with the tax bill they're realizing that
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pmb (aka pmb)
Feb 18 '19, 13:06
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the tax benefit they thought they were getting is much, much smaller than anticipated and b) perception is probably worse than the reality. If she was seeing $90 more per week in her paycheck and then got hit with a $5000 tax bill instead of her previous $1000, then her reality is that she really got essentially no tax break and at least this first year, the adjustment is making it more painful than if nothing changed.
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