Tax Refund Fiasco Is Political Payback For Republicans

[Lakhota]

They stepped on this rake last year and now it’s hitting them in the face.

Republicans boasted all last year that their new tax law boosted paychecks and showered bonuses on several million workers.

But now that tax season is upon us, several million Americans are getting a nasty surprise: a bill from the Internal Revenue Service that they never expected.

Beth Callori of Long Island, New York, said she was thrilled to receive about $90 more in each paycheck last year. Thanks to the new lower federal income tax rates, Callori’s employer, a financial services firm, was withholding less from her paycheck for federal tax purposes.

“I thought, ‘Wow, Trump is great, I love him,’” Callori said.

But last week Callori heard from her tax preparer that she owes the federal government more than $5,000 ― almost five times as much as she had to pay in previous years.

“I almost fell out of my chair. I could not believe it,” she said. “I voted for Trump. I thought he was going to be good for this country, but when I got that phone call, that’s it, I’m done.”

Callori’s tax bill went up for two reasons. One is that the law directly disadvantaged her by limiting deductions for state and local taxes, which increased the amount of Callori’s income subject to tax and added an extra grand to her bill.

The bigger reason is that her employer withheld too little from her paycheck. The extra $90 she received should have been added to the amount that gets automatically socked away to cover the federal income tax. Like most people, however, Callori did not fill out a worksheet and submit a new Form W-4 to her employer at the beginning of last year.

After all, at that time Republicans kept bragging about the bigger paychecks they had given the American people.

“I thought because I was getting that, I’m entitled to it,” Callori said.

Beth Callori, for her part, said she had also previously chosen zero allowances ― plus she had an extra $130 withheld from each paycheck. It wasn’t enough.

She said she used to love Donald Trump. Not anymore.

“I really liked things he was doing, until this, and now I hate him,” she said.

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What did these people expect from a conman like Trump? His only goal was to make the rich richer. National debt be damned.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

So, let's see. One, her employer failed to withhold enough money, which has nothing to do with Trump. Two, her state, New York, has excessively high taxes which she can't fully deduct anymore meaning she can no longer pass her federal tax responsibility onto the rest of us and she actually has to pay the taxes that her state has been voting in favor of for decades.

Not seeing the problem here.

 

[Lakhota]

So, let's see. One, her employer failed to withhold enough money, which has nothing to do with Trump. Two, her state, New York, has excessively high taxes which she can't fully deduct anymore meaning she can no longer pass her federal tax responsibility onto the rest of us and she actually has to pay the taxes that her state has been voting in favor of for decades.

Not seeing the problem here.

Apparently you didn't read closely enough. Try again...

 

[Dekster]

What did these people expect from a conman like Trump? His only goal was to make the rich richer. National debt be damned.

Blue state people will be most affected. How coincidental.

 

[Crepitus]

So, let's see. One, her employer failed to withhold enough money, which has nothing to do with Trump. Two, her state, New York, has excessively high taxes which she can't fully deduct anymore meaning she can no longer pass her federal tax responsibility onto the rest of us and she actually has to pay the taxes that her state has been voting in favor of for decades.

Not seeing the problem here.

If they'd withheld enough her paychecks would have gone down, not up.

 

[Oddball]

Here we go again...Ignoramus nutbars all butthurt because the IRS didn't keep enough of their money, so they could get a big refund.....As though gubmint keeping your money interest-free for a year is supposed to be a good thing.

Poor dullard moonbats.

 

[conserveguy877]

New reach of the day. What's next on the rotation for the Fake News bot?

 

[OKTexas]

So, let's see. One, her employer failed to withhold enough money, which has nothing to do with Trump. Two, her state, New York, has excessively high taxes which she can't fully deduct anymore meaning she can no longer pass her federal tax responsibility onto the rest of us and she actually has to pay the taxes that her state has been voting in favor of for decades.

Not seeing the problem here.

If they'd withheld enough her paychecks would have gone down, not up.

Maybe the people in high tax States will think "before" they vote for tax and spend commies in the future.

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[Crepitus]

Here we go again...Ignoramus nutbars all butthurt because the IRS didn't keep enough of their money, so they could get a big refund.....As though gubmint keeping your money interest-free for a year is supposed to be a good thing.

Poor dullard moonbats.

If they'd withheld enough her paychecks would have gone down, not up.

 

[Crepitus]

So, let's see. One, her employer failed to withhold enough money, which has nothing to do with Trump. Two, her state, New York, has excessively high taxes which she can't fully deduct anymore meaning she can no longer pass her federal tax responsibility onto the rest of us and she actually has to pay the taxes that her state has been voting in favor of for decades.

Not seeing the problem here.

If they'd withheld enough her paychecks would have gone down, not up.

Maybe the people in high tax States will think "before" they vote for tax and spend commies in the future.

.

Like dOnald tRump?

 

[Dekster]

So, let's see. One, her employer failed to withhold enough money, which has nothing to do with Trump. Two, her state, New York, has excessively high taxes which she can't fully deduct anymore meaning she can no longer pass her federal tax responsibility onto the rest of us and she actually has to pay the taxes that her state has been voting in favor of for decades.

Not seeing the problem here.

If they'd withheld enough her paychecks would have gone down, not up.

She may have jumped income brackets. It is not clear how she made $90 more take home per check and had them take out an extra $130 per pay check more in extra taxes to boot. It would suggest she made at least $2,520 and $10,920 more in taxable income than she did the year before depending on how often she gets paid.

 

[OKTexas]

So, let's see. One, her employer failed to withhold enough money, which has nothing to do with Trump. Two, her state, New York, has excessively high taxes which she can't fully deduct anymore meaning she can no longer pass her federal tax responsibility onto the rest of us and she actually has to pay the taxes that her state has been voting in favor of for decades.

Not seeing the problem here.

If they'd withheld enough her paychecks would have gone down, not up.

Maybe the people in high tax States will think "before" they vote for tax and spend commies in the future.

.

Like dOnald tRump?

I wasn't aware he ran for office in a high tax State.

.

 

[Crepitus]

So, let's see. One, her employer failed to withhold enough money, which has nothing to do with Trump. Two, her state, New York, has excessively high taxes which she can't fully deduct anymore meaning she can no longer pass her federal tax responsibility onto the rest of us and she actually has to pay the taxes that her state has been voting in favor of for decades.

Not seeing the problem here.

If they'd withheld enough her paychecks would have gone down, not up.

She may have jumped income brackets. It is not clear how she made $90 more take home per check and had them take out an extra $130 per pay check more in extra taxes to boot. It would suggest she made at least $2,520 and $10,920 more in taxable income than she did the year before depending on how often she gets paid.

The fact remains that if they had taken out enough to leaver her with $0 IRS debt her check would have gone down by something like $300 a month instead of up by $90. That's not a win in anyone's book.

 

[Missourian]

Even the liberal Washington Post debunked this NPC talking point.

Debunked @6:09




Straight from WaPo if you'd rather read it than watch it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...x-tweet/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.803f7677a5af

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

So, let's see. One, her employer failed to withhold enough money, which has nothing to do with Trump. Two, her state, New York, has excessively high taxes which she can't fully deduct anymore meaning she can no longer pass her federal tax responsibility onto the rest of us and she actually has to pay the taxes that her state has been voting in favor of for decades.

Not seeing the problem here.

Apparently you didn't read closely enough. Try again...

No, I read it just fine

 

[FA_Q2]

So, let's see. One, her employer failed to withhold enough money, which has nothing to do with Trump. Two, her state, New York, has excessively high taxes which she can't fully deduct anymore meaning she can no longer pass her federal tax responsibility onto the rest of us and she actually has to pay the taxes that her state has been voting in favor of for decades.

Not seeing the problem here.

If they'd withheld enough her paychecks would have gone down, not up.

She may have jumped income brackets. It is not clear how she made $90 more take home per check and had them take out an extra $130 per pay check more in extra taxes to boot. It would suggest she made at least $2,520 and $10,920 more in taxable income than she did the year before depending on how often she gets paid.

The fact remains that if they had taken out enough to leaver her with $0 IRS debt her check would have gone down by something like $300 a month instead of up by $90. That's not a win in anyone's book.

One individual is really irrelevant. Most people received a tax break. you will be able to find those that did not.

Are you going to hang Obamacare on the myriad of people the right came up with that found out the law did not benefit them?

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

So, let's see. One, her employer failed to withhold enough money, which has nothing to do with Trump. Two, her state, New York, has excessively high taxes which she can't fully deduct anymore meaning she can no longer pass her federal tax responsibility onto the rest of us and she actually has to pay the taxes that her state has been voting in favor of for decades.

Not seeing the problem here.

If they'd withheld enough her paychecks would have gone down, not up.

I am overjoyed to see Democrats finally having to pay the higher taxes they’ve been screaming everyone else should for years now

 

[Crepitus]

So, let's see. One, her employer failed to withhold enough money, which has nothing to do with Trump. Two, her state, New York, has excessively high taxes which she can't fully deduct anymore meaning she can no longer pass her federal tax responsibility onto the rest of us and she actually has to pay the taxes that her state has been voting in favor of for decades.

Not seeing the problem here.

If they'd withheld enough her paychecks would have gone down, not up.

She may have jumped income brackets. It is not clear how she made $90 more take home per check and had them take out an extra $130 per pay check more in extra taxes to boot. It would suggest she made at least $2,520 and $10,920 more in taxable income than she did the year before depending on how often she gets paid.

The fact remains that if they had taken out enough to leaver her with $0 IRS debt her check would have gone down by something like $300 a month instead of up by $90. That's not a win in anyone's book.

One individual is really irrelevant. Most people received a tax break. you will be able to find those that did not.

Are you going to hang Obamacare on the myriad of people the right came up with that found out the law did not benefit them?

Why not? You guys did and turn about is definitely fair play.

 

[Crepitus]

So, let's see. One, her employer failed to withhold enough money, which has nothing to do with Trump. Two, her state, New York, has excessively high taxes which she can't fully deduct anymore meaning she can no longer pass her federal tax responsibility onto the rest of us and she actually has to pay the taxes that her state has been voting in favor of for decades.

Not seeing the problem here.

If they'd withheld enough her paychecks would have gone down, not up.

Maybe the people in high tax States will think "before" they vote for tax and spend commies in the future.

.

Like dOnald tRump?

I wasn't aware he ran for office in a high tax State.

.

*President* runs for office in every state. Surely you knew that.

 

[FA_Q2]

So, let's see. One, her employer failed to withhold enough money, which has nothing to do with Trump. Two, her state, New York, has excessively high taxes which she can't fully deduct anymore meaning she can no longer pass her federal tax responsibility onto the rest of us and she actually has to pay the taxes that her state has been voting in favor of for decades.

Not seeing the problem here.

Apparently you didn't read closely enough. Try again...

No, I read it just fine

The withholding DOES have something to do with Trump - the tax cut changed the witholding laws that led to her

So, let's see. One, her employer failed to withhold enough money, which has nothing to do with Trump. Two, her state, New York, has excessively high taxes which she can't fully deduct anymore meaning she can no longer pass her federal tax responsibility onto the rest of us and she actually has to pay the taxes that her state has been voting in favor of for decades.

Not seeing the problem here.

If they'd withheld enough her paychecks would have gone down, not up.

She may have jumped income brackets. It is not clear how she made $90 more take home per check and had them take out an extra $130 per pay check more in extra taxes to boot. It would suggest she made at least $2,520 and $10,920 more in taxable income than she did the year before depending on how often she gets paid.

The fact remains that if they had taken out enough to leaver her with $0 IRS debt her check would have gone down by something like $300 a month instead of up by $90. That's not a win in anyone's book.

One individual is really irrelevant. Most people received a tax break. you will be able to find those that did not.

Are you going to hang Obamacare on the myriad of people the right came up with that found out the law did not benefit them?

Why not? You guys did and turn about is definitely fair play.

'Us' guys did nothing of the sort and if you are admitting that you rejected the argument before then it really does not help your point at all. You basically just stated that you know well and full you are being disingenuous.