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Tax Refunds: Why a Big One Isn't a Win

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Take-home pay splits $200 apart between two workers on the same salary in these slides, $2,300 for Worker A who gets a $2,400 spring refund and $2,500 for Worker B who gets close to zero, tracing that gap into an interest-free loan to the IRS worth about $48.

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