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| Obama Wants Some Tax Payers to Send Stimulas Money Back - Not Kidding |
| 2009-05-01 |
| of Americans enjoying their small windfall from President Barack Obama's "Making Work Pay" tax credit are in for an unpleasant surprise next spring. The government is going to want some of that money back. The tax credit is supposed to provide up to $400 to individuals and $800 to married couples as part of the massive economic recovery package enacted in February. Most workers started receiving the credit through small increases in their paychecks in the past month. But new tax withholding tables issued by the IRS could cause millions of taxpayers to get hundreds of dollars more than they are entitled to under the credit, money that will have to be repaid at tax time. At-risk taxpayers include a broad swath of the public: married couples in which both spouses work; workers with more than one job; retirees who have federal income taxes withheld from their pension payments and Social Security recipients with jobs that provide taxable income. The Internal Revenue Service acknowledges problems with the withholding tables but has done little to warn average taxpayers. "They need to get the Goodyear blimp out there on this," said Tom Ochsenschlager, vice president of taxation for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. For many, the new tax tables will simply mean smaller-than-expected tax refunds next year, IRS spokesman Terry Lemons said. The average refund was nearly $2,700 this year. But taxpayers who calculate their withholding so they get only small refunds could face an unwelcome tax bill next April, said Jackie Perlman, an analyst with the Tax Institute at H&R Block. "They are going to get a surprise," she said. |
| Posted by:Tarzan Greagum5059 |
| #1 FOX NEWS > GLENN BECK did a pretty good oratory on how all of the MILYUHNS AND ZILYUHNS AND TILYUHNS OF TAX $$$ IN OBAMA'S STIMULUS BILLS = PORKULUS, ETC. DID JACK TO SAVE GM + CHRYSLER FROM BANKRUPTYC - in fact, Becky inferred it was "mysterious" how these major Automakers declared bacnkruptcy only AFTER Porkulus was approved [read, OBAMA = USGOVT COVERTLY PAID FOR THE RETIREMENT + OTHER LOSS, ETC. SUMS OF CEOS AS REWARD FOR DECLARING BANKRUPTCY + TURNING OVER TO GOVT. WIDOUT THE COMAPANIES HAVING TO PAY THEIR CONTRACTUAL TERMS/OBLIGATS]??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-05-01 18:38 |