Government shutdown = no early tax refunds

lulubee · January 4, 2019, 2:29pm

The Democratic House voted yesterday to reopen the government. The ball is now firmly in McConnell’s court and Donald’s teensy hands.

Cratic3947 · January 4, 2019, 2:30pm

So, it won’t work an cost about zero, why do dems fear it so much they hold up tax checks then?

calirepub · January 4, 2019, 2:30pm

I bet Donald doesn’t know that.

ComfortablyNumb · January 4, 2019, 2:30pm

Fake news alert.

Fascinating. Lol

Camp · January 4, 2019, 2:31pm

Wrong on this one.

The protest mobs have not even been mobilized…Nobody cares…about the shutdown.

Cratic3947 · January 4, 2019, 2:31pm

Did they fund the wall?

wonderingrover · January 4, 2019, 2:31pm

lulubee:

H_Arendt:

Actually, this works in favor of the Republicans. With new tax tables applied to existing withholding, most tax experts are expecting many fewer people will receive refunds this year than in past years… so the real shock is not the delay, but the ways in which the 2017 Republican tax bill has shifted tax burdens from wealthier individuals and corporations to middle and blue collar tax payers.

One can expect a lot of unhappy people come April 15th.

The tax bill was the one clear legislative success of the first two years of the Trump Administration and it was very telling that almost no Republican campaigned on it as an accomplishment in 2018.

But they don’t know that yet.

There are many people on this very board who still think they are getting a tax break because their paychecks went up. I’m pretty sure none of them did the new withholding calculator last January.

So, first they will be fuming they aren’t getting their refund because of the shut down and then they will be fuming when the discover they owe the IRS.

Yep - I work for the IRS. They were already preparing us for the hissy fit taxpayers are going to be pitching from the “tax relief” bill 6 months ago. A lot of people are going to be livid when they get ready to file their taxes.

lulubee · January 4, 2019, 2:33pm

wonderingrover:

lulubee:

H_Arendt:

Actually, this works in favor of the Republicans. With new tax tables applied to existing withholding, most tax experts are expecting many fewer people will receive refunds this year than in past years… so the real shock is not the delay, but the ways in which the 2017 Republican tax bill has shifted tax burdens from wealthier individuals and corporations to middle and blue collar tax payers.

One can expect a lot of unhappy people come April 15th.

The tax bill was the one clear legislative success of the first two years of the Trump Administration and it was very telling that almost no Republican campaigned on it as an accomplishment in 2018.

But they don’t know that yet.

There are many people on this very board who still think they are getting a tax break because their paychecks went up. I’m pretty sure none of them did the new withholding calculator last January.

So, first they will be fuming they aren’t getting their refund because of the shut down and then they will be fuming when the discover they owe the IRS.

Yep - I work for the IRS. They were already preparing us for the hissy fit taxpayers are going to be pitching from the “tax relief” bill 6 months ago. A lot of people are going to be livid when they get ready to file their taxes.

Especially when they realize that the IRS has no trouble accepting payment because of the partial shutdown.

Camp · January 4, 2019, 2:34pm

Nope. They are having fun toying with the other 2 branches of government.

Gridlock is an acceptable status for me.

Sure would prefer a nice new fence.

Cratic3947 · January 4, 2019, 2:35pm

The people want a wall…

ComfortablyNumb · January 4, 2019, 2:36pm

Wrong. The tiny, scared minority that compromises Trump’s fractional bade want a wall. The majority of Americans, including the majority of their elected officials, do not. Lol

JayJay · January 4, 2019, 2:36pm

You realize of course that politically that yarn you are spinning isn’t working.

Most people understand the wall is a boondoggle that is not a tenable security measure.

And are blaming Trump for the shutdown.

Trump passing up his natural inclination to deal because Rush and Sean browbeat him is likely to backfire on him.

Camp · January 4, 2019, 2:36pm

I want a fence.

I worry Nancy might have a medical episode if we say WALL.

adroit · January 4, 2019, 2:37pm

$25 billion for border security could have got done last year but Trump threatened to veto and almost all of the GOP senators voted no.

wonderingrover · January 4, 2019, 2:37pm

Polling actually tells another story:

JayJay · January 4, 2019, 2:37pm

You want a boondoggle?

That makes perfect sense…

Camp · January 4, 2019, 2:38pm

That should make you comfortable.

adroit · January 4, 2019, 2:38pm

No we don’t.

Regards,
Texas

lulubee · January 4, 2019, 2:38pm

Funny, I never heard Build That Fence chanted st Donald’s rallies.

Camp · January 4, 2019, 2:39pm

You win bigly then.