Tips to get a bigger tax refund

ElPasoInc.com

Whittling your taxes to the legal minimum and avoiding traps isn’t always easy, but putting in some effort may save you money. Taxpayers this year still have to navigate the 3.9-million-word Internal Revenue Code and may also have to deal with several new factors. They include the Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes Act that President Barack Obama signed in late December, a landmark Supreme Court decision last June upholding same-sex marriage, continuing confusion over health care legislation, and tax complications that have arisen with the emergence of services like Uber and Airbnb.