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rzemanfl

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9. Too many people use withholding as an interest free saving account.

Reply to philosslayer (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 6, 2016, 06:33 PM

Dec 2016

Not that savings accounts pay anything these days.

The point is the withholding will come out, refund or not, filing or not. Claiming 12 dependents you don't have is, I believe, illegal.

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65 Million Americans Should Threaten to Not Pay Taxes [View all] .99center Dec 2016 OP

I won't threaten to not pay Nwgirl503 Dec 2016 #1

Wouldn't you normally do that anyway? philosslayer Dec 2016 #7

Yes....and no Nwgirl503 Dec 2016 #14

I know nobody responded to this but just in case anyone wanted to see Nwgirl503 Dec 2016 #17

And give the Trump admin a reason to lock up political opponents? No thanks. Qutzupalotl Dec 2016 #2

I think we should all claim a $1billion loss for 2016 world wide wally Dec 2016 #3

Like the orange man says... cpmx2006 Dec 2016 #4

Most folks are subject to withholding and need their refunds. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #5

Then most folks are managing their withholding very poorly philosslayer Dec 2016 #8

Too many people use withholding as an interest free saving account. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #9

No its not philosslayer Dec 2016 #10

27 U.S.C. 7205 - Fraudulent withholding exemption certificate or failure to supply information rzemanfl Dec 2016 #13

Should we also threaten not to get our refunds? nt jmg257 Dec 2016 #6

You realize of course that republicans would be happy to see tax revenues fall onenote Dec 2016 #11

You're not supposed to hate Trump more than you love the American people Taitertots Dec 2016 #12

This is madness and will DEFINITELY help re-elect the fucker Trump in 2020 Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #15

Dumb article. roamer65 Dec 2016 #16