Just did my taxes today and I owe..

Sorry. My goal is to keep my tax liability to + or - $100. I don't like owing a lot, but a big refund means you gave the gov't an interest free loan.

Become unemployed and economically in active, but figure out a plan on how to receive regular self created donations to fund your living standard.
House become charitable trust that provides you with accommodation etc.

That's why I hire a professional, and I don't mean Hewitt or H & R Block either. My CPA not only saves me money, but she usually gets me a refund.

That's why I'm waiting until the last minute. I make too much money apparently. Could have fooled me though.

If I could wave a magic wand and make one political thing happen, it would be to end payroll deductions. At the end of the month I would have everyone with a job either go to the tax assessor and pay their taxes or write a check and put it in the mail. When everyone working wrote that check for income tax, social security, medicare, unemployment insurance, we they realize, they are giving a house payment or a car payment to the government every month, I am betting there would be a lot more informed voters on election day. The tax burden on the citizen would change.

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We owed a lot and paid it.
Glad that's done!

I fixed that problem. Instead of doing payroll deductions on my federal taxes, I do Estimated Tax Payments quarterly and pay the amount I know I'm going to owe and split it up over the year. Come tax time I'm within a few dollars +/-.

I get nasty-grams from the IRS about my quarterlies. Most years, it makes more economic sense for me to eat the penalties and keep the money working.

If you get money back, it means you gave the government an interest free loan. They're not doing you a favor.

I owed the Fed's, but the state more than covers what I owe, so I win one after many years!

That has luckily never happened to me.