{"id":1422,"date":"2021-05-03T09:30:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T13:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fortax.ca\/?p=1422"},"modified":"2021-05-03T09:30:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T13:30:17","slug":"dont-lend-your-money-to-the-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evolvethought.com\/fortax\/2021\/05\/03\/dont-lend-your-money-to-the-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Lend Your Money to the Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n.page-title-inner {display: none;}\n.entry-header-text-top {display: none;}\ndiv#comments {display: none;}\n.entry-author {display:none;}\nfooter.entry-meta {display: none;}\n.subul {margin:0;list-style:revert;}\n<\/style>\n<h1>Don\u2019t Lend Your Money to the Government<\/h1>\n<p>A  tax  refund  is  not  a  windfall  \u0336   it\u2019s  actually  your  own  money  coming  back  to  you because there was too much tax deducted from your paycheque. You are giving the government an interest-free loan. Why not make that money work harder for you, instead?<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/revenue-agency\/services\/tax\/businesses\/topics\/payroll\/employee-responsibilities-change-your-tax-deductions.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">arrange for your employer to deduct less and this will increase your take &#8211; home pay<\/a>. Then, take that extra cash and get busy with it.<\/p>\n<p>Work with your Financial Advisor to develop a smart investing plan. One that provides rewarding returns over the next year and also tackles your next tax bill.<\/p>\n<p>Some people have trouble saving money. They find that their tax refund is the only way they can build up a nest egg. If that\u2019s your choice, then get ready to invest the money as soon as it arrives. This kind of discipline is the key to creating wealth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t Lend Your Money to the Government A tax refund is not a windfall \u0336 it\u2019s actually your own money coming back to you because there was too much tax deducted from your paycheque. You are giving the government an interest-free loan. Why not make that money work harder for you, instead? You can arrange&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fortax-blog"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evolvethought.com\/fortax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evolvethought.com\/fortax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evolvethought.com\/fortax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evolvethought.com\/fortax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evolvethought.com\/fortax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evolvethought.com\/fortax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evolvethought.com\/fortax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evolvethought.com\/fortax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evolvethought.com\/fortax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evolvethought.com\/fortax\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}