So you haven’t even filed your taxes yet and you got a refund from the IRS. Free money, right? Not to mention the time you just saved gathering all the paperwork, going to your financial advisor or accountant, and filing your 1040. Unfortunately, nothing with the IRS is ever that easy. It may be an…

One of the biggest changes in the 2017 tax bill is eliminating the personal exemption. But what exactly was it? And how might this affect you as you file your taxes this year? The personal exemption originated, along with the modern income tax itself, in the 16th amendment to the US Constitution. It originally exempted…