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Re:TurboTax Uses Dark Patterns to Trick You into Paying to F... by Rebelgecko on Monday April 22, 2019 @01:35PM (#19720846)
Comparing the refund amount isn't very informative. Effective tax rate or dollars paid is a better comparison, especially in years like this one where the witholding tables got kinda weird so lots of people over/underpaid their taxes over the course of the year.
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Re:TurboTax Uses Dark Patterns to Trick You into Paying to F... by turc1656 on Monday April 22, 2019 @03:53PM (#19722232)
Good point. I took a look. He appears to be 0.5% more effective than me doing it myself with software. Doesn't sound like much, but it's far more than the $400 or so we would normally be paying for this.

EDIT - 0.5% meaning my effective tax rate is 0.5% lower.

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