With age comes wisdom and experience, especially with taxes. You may not always like what you see, but each year you’ll learn from the last. If your tax refund was not as much as you wanted, you can claim more deductions and adjust your withholding this year. If you had a huge refund last year and want to increase your take home pay, you can adjust for that as well.

Everyone’s financial situation is different, so forget about misconceptions when it comes to taxes and money. Focus on what you know to be true and can control within your personal financial situation.

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