Filing our taxes can be an arduous process that we often try to get through as quickly as possible. But before we hit submit or give our accountants the final okay, we want to make sure we are minimizing our tax bill (or maximizing our tax return).
Why? First and foremost, that means we’ll have more money in our pockets to allocate towards our goals. And second, if we don’t, we’re paying more taxes than we need to.