It also seems like people don't seem to comprehend how taxes work. If you aren't getting as much back it's usually because you didn't overpay. The refund you get is the money you OVERPAID to the government. By overpaying you are basically giving the government an interest free loan. You may have gotten less back but it means you paid in closer to what you should have and you didn't overpay. If you ended up owing money then you obviously did not adjust your withholdings like you are supposed to EVERY SINGLE YEAR. Don't blame the government on your mistakes. But Ifor you did end up with a smaller refund it also means you probably had more each paycheck, which really is the better way to do it. If someone has $100 taken out a month that is that much less on their check, if that person falls on hard times and has to get a small loan to make it until next paycheck they end up paying fees and interest on that money that they could have had if they didn't have it taken from their check to be put in a government account until tax time. See the pattern? It's much better to have your money now rather than get a larger sum at the beginning of the year.
