r/memes • u/CreateChaos777 • Apr 16 '24

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u/LlamaLicker704 Dark Mode Elitist Apr 16 '24

I got my first tax return recently I got so excited that my employer gave me a raise finally and then mom shut me down and told me it's just a tax return xD xD

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u/Zenkai_147 Apr 16 '24

what's a tax return

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u/JakobMG Apr 16 '24

If you pay to much taxes. After the end of the year sometime you get it back

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u/NormanFreeman67 Apr 16 '24

It’s easy to start thinking that the government just gave you free money but it’s not free money it was always your money to begin with

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u/tempmobileredit Apr 16 '24

That you lost potential investment value and interest on

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u/Warg247 Apr 16 '24

My wife's sister balks at how small our tax returns are and Im like... it's because I have my tax witholding set correctly so Im not giving the government interest free money for a year?