Threading the needle tax-wise

[High FIdelity]

Year 2 on a row where, when figuring out taxes, my anticipated refund from both state and federal govt appears to be negligible.  I collected the max after tax salary while contributing almost to the max for retirement while giving the Federal and State govt the minimal interest free loan possible.  I'd call that a win.

[coolistdude]

Nicely done. I keep inching toward that but I haven't gotten there yet. My refunds for 2015 combined were 2.6k, down from 4.8k the year before. I'm making progress, but clearly am not at your place. Well done!

[tooqk4u22]

I am going to owe a boatload, I just hope it is below the penalty level which I think it will be close.  My goal is to get an interest free loan from the government throughout the year.  I can't remember the last time I got a refund. 

[simpleFIblog]

Well done! My refund is a lot lower than it has been in the past but, due to a job change in the middle of the year, my beginning of the year calculations were still a bit off. Hoping to be a little closer to 0 next tax season.

[MsPeacock]

Nicely done!

Last year I got 7k back federal and about 2k back state. The year before that I owed a ton due to divorce and selling a house. For 2015 I made several adjustments to my withholdings. Just finished my taxes - Owed $600 federal and got a $73 state refund. Very proud of myself for landing pretty much on the bullseye this year.

[Nickels Dimes Quarters]

I'm still working on getting to that sweet spot, and maybe the re-working of withholdings last year has helped. Will know next week-ish. (Fingers crossed.)

NDQ