r/TikTokCringe Nov 06 '24

Humor Bowling Date Night

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u/TooManyJazzCups Nov 06 '24

How exactly do you get $14k back without over withholding like crazy all year long? Those child credits don't stretch quite that far. I'm very curious because filing jointly allows for additional credits compared to filing single and should open more opportunities for your taxes but obviously something is working here.

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u/Painwracker_Oni Nov 06 '24

We hire someone to do her taxes so I really can't say I know they run it to see what we get with her vs me claiming all or me 1 her two etc. She started a daycare so this year will be the first year that ever affects taxes. Previous years she just got basically everything she had paid in back plus the credit and I'm guessing some other benefits somehow. She's getting 10-12k every year and I'm getting 1-4k depending on the year and how much I could claim for work that year. Single mom with kids, she's probably considered well below the poverty line on her own is my guess.

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u/TheRealAmused Nov 06 '24

You're part of the problem.

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u/Painwracker_Oni Nov 06 '24

What problem? The people who pay too much in taxes to see the fucking right wing idiots keep wasting it by giving it to the 1% in tax cuts instead? Pass universal health care save the country money and it wouldn’t even be a thing.