(01-01-2021, 05:28 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: Not all people who didn't 'get' this are low information voters. Many just don't understand how taxes work anyway, then you throw in changes and you don't have a tax person to tell you how it all shakes out and it can cause confusion. Myself and math do not coexist well as it is, and we own a small business which throws a wrench into things. I am forever confused as to how our income from his job, the side business, and federal and state income tax all works out. It does not compute. Ten years on and I'm still surprised when we get a bill for state tax because no matter how my husband or our tax guy works it out, we always owe state.

It's not just you, it's also easier if you don't have state income tax. I usually travel for work, so I generally have to pay at least 2 states. I cannot get federal and states to break even. I either get a good amount from federal and mostly break even with states or pay states a lot and they don't like that and will try to fine or make you prepay quarterly (even if you no longer are working there). I deduct 2 dependents that don't exist from my w4 so I break even on states and don't have to deal with their prepayment crap. I'd have to claim at least 4 and probably more to get the federal to ever break even.

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