Posted on 04/16/2026 5:40:01 PM PDT by Libloather
It’s One Big Beautiful refund.
Americans are rolling in the dough this tax season thanks to a bevy of new reforms passed by the Trump administration that have boosted returns by double digits.
More than 53 million taxpayers cashed in after taking advantage of new deductions included in President Trump’s signature “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” including tax-free tips and overtime, cheaper car loan interest and senior write-offs.
The tax breaks translated to a surge in refunds — as filers in 2026 took home, on average, $3,462, or 11.1% more than last year, IRS data shows.
The numbers are even more impressive when compared to the refunds under the Biden administration, up 24% against the four-year average before Trump took office, according to the Treasury Department.
Some of the biggest winners this year were service industry workers who reaped the benefits of Trump’s highly lauded “no tax on tips” policy.
“I was very happy because I didn’t think I was getting any money back,” Ingrid Mejia, a 53-year-old waitress at the Embassy Diner in Bethpage told The Post.
Mejia said she got about $4,000 from her refund, which is typically just $1,000.
“Now I can work more and more knowing I can get so much money back,” exclaimed Meija, who said the extra cash will go toward her daughter’s bridal shower.
Meija’s fellow servers Crystal Cody, Laura Trachenberg and Zoe Kalodimos also cashed in from Uncle Sam.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
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mine doubled
However, the SALT cap is right out of the Communist Manifesto.
Remember when Republicans were anti-tax?
Still no change in ours. Paying. Again.
Same here.
No breaks for us.
And still no brakes on Federal Spending.
Governor Young gave everyone a refund shortly before the last VA election. The Republicans still got killed at the polls. People are stupid.
Youngkin.
Is my $2,000 coming soon? I need to fill my gas tank.
Trump is doing all he can. Hope someone good takes over in 2028.
Only idiots get refunds.
I missed paying Federal on 4/15 due to illness,
but I’d rather pay a penalty than to daydream
about how the government will give me
some of my money back that
they stole from me,
all year, as a “refund”.
My penalty is about $300
per month.
So I will pay them 5/15.
And request a reduction due to
my illness in the intervening time.
I will pay what I owe.
We ALL should pay taxes to support the
Federal government we supposedly voted for.
Even if it is just $1 from a drunk
homeless bum sleeping on the sidewalk
Everyone has to PAY!
Us too. Always a payer.
“Only idiots get refunds.”
Except when the BBB changes the tax law and you DO get a refund when you normally have to pay. Happened to us.
I’m very happy you got a tax break!
It would seem obvious that [quite nearly] Everyone has to have skin in the game.
Ours came down about $800 - we’ll take it.
I always end up writing a check.
But at least I didn’t give the government an interest-free loan.
That is all I ask.
Everybody commits,
something.
“No breaks for us.”
For the past 5 years, we have owed between $4-$5k every April, even though we both claim zero on our W4 AND have extra federal taxes withheld.
This year we owed $486.00. I’ll take it!
Good for you. You should owe the most possible without incurring the penalty.
Same ol’ same ol’ for us long retired old peeps.
Same marginal tax bracket, same income, same taxes.
NO break for SS taxation.
My wife still makes me work overtime around the compound, but do I get a break?....
Does she ever give me a C@$h tip?
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