Get Your Cash from Uncle Sam

If you are entitled to a tax refund this year, it can be tempting to apply the refund to next year's taxes, hoping to avoid having to cough up any money next year.

cartoon: the tax man

Consider this first: people who do this are basically lending the government money, interest-free, for up to a year. This is absolutely the thing to do if you are enthusiastic about the current direction of the federal government.

For everyone else, get your tax refund in cash.