On this day, April 15, Tax Day (for those who celebrate), I’m pleased to report that I got as close to the golden $0 as possible. Thanks to my W4 adjustments last year, I dialed it in and this year I owed only $4. That’s correct. Four. Dollars.
This means the Feds got only what was coming to them when it was due to them, and not a penny more. I didn’t give them extra throughout the year to go hog-wild with before they paid it back. And I didn’t leave myself with a payment surprise at the last minute.
I feel proud of myself.
Fat tax returns are for chumps.