I finished filing our income tax returns last night. A precipitous drop in household income resulted in some deductions and credits we wouldn’t normally get leading to a nice refund this year rather than a tax bill like last. Normally, having a tax bill is considered to be a good thing, because if you take the money you would have gotten as a refund and invest it, you should get a higher return over the year than letting Uncle Sam hold on to it. But given what happened to my investments in 2008, I think this time around Uncle Sam was doing me a big favor, albeit accidentally!
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