Mississippi Consumer Help Blog
If you get an income tax refund, money is being taken from your paycheck that you could use right now. If you get an income tax refund, you are letting the government hold and use your money for a year without paying you interest. If you get an income tax refund, you are letting the government hold money that can be seized by other government agencies and some creditors.
Check your tax withholding so you are even at the end of the year. You don’t want to get a refund and you don’t want to owe additional taxes.
Review the amount of taxes withheld being withheld from your pay check. Everyone’s situation changes. A yearly review can help you avoid having too much or too little federal income tax taken from your paychecks. You want to have the correct amount taken out so you can be at a zero balance at the end of the year. The ideal situation is, no taxes owed and no refund due.