RoseRodent
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I've been meaning to ask this for ages, and since most people do appear to live in the US I figured it was as good a place as any to ask.
I always hear in US shows about people will buy this and that "When they get their taxes back" and I don't quite understand it. In this country taxes are a massive bill to pay, almost nobody gets money back from the tax office unless you work a part-year or become a student or something.
I wondered maybe you pay in a fixed amount each week/month and if you paid too much you get it back at the end of the year, or maybe it's to do with the way you are allowed to deduct certain types of expenses for tax purposes so most people end up with a repayment figure once they factor in things like medical expenses, etc. I'm really not sure. I know taxes are complicated, but could someone give me an easy overview of why almost every US citizen (and it may just be the ones who appear on TV!) seems to be expecting that they will receive money back from taxes each year.
I always hear in US shows about people will buy this and that "When they get their taxes back" and I don't quite understand it. In this country taxes are a massive bill to pay, almost nobody gets money back from the tax office unless you work a part-year or become a student or something.
I wondered maybe you pay in a fixed amount each week/month and if you paid too much you get it back at the end of the year, or maybe it's to do with the way you are allowed to deduct certain types of expenses for tax purposes so most people end up with a repayment figure once they factor in things like medical expenses, etc. I'm really not sure. I know taxes are complicated, but could someone give me an easy overview of why almost every US citizen (and it may just be the ones who appear on TV!) seems to be expecting that they will receive money back from taxes each year.