Filing tax forms is not very difficult, but if you own your own business or have your money in a lot of other things to make money, it can be complicated.
提交稅表并不很難,但如果你擁有自己的企業或把錢投在了很多地方來賺錢,那就很復雜了。
Many people fill out (or write in the answers on) their tax forms on their own.
很多人都是自己填寫(或在什么上面寫上答案)稅表的。
Other people have tax accountants, which are people who do taxes as their job, do it for them.
而其他人則有專門從事稅務工作的稅務會計師為他們填稅表。
Either way, it is important to keep all of our tax information organized throughout the year so that we will be ready when it is time to file taxes.
無論是哪種方式,保持我們全年所有的稅務信息有條不紊是非常重要的,這樣在提交稅表的時候我們就做好了準備。
Throughout the year, the company where you work takes withholdings, which is money that you never see because the company sends it directly to the federal (or national) government.
一年到頭,你工作的公司都在扣繳預扣稅款,那是你從未見過的錢,因為你公司直接將它送交給聯邦(或國家)政府。
The withholdings are as much as you expect to owe (or need to pay) in taxes.
該預扣稅款也就是你預計欠繳(或需要繳納)的稅款。
Then, early in the following year, you file your tax forms.
然后,在第二年的早些時候,你提交自己的稅表。
If your total tax owed is more than the withholdings, meaning you have not yet paid enough taxes, you will need to pay the difference between what you have already paid and what you owe.
如果你欠繳的稅額大于預扣稅款,這意味著你尚未交足稅,你需要補足已經繳納的稅款與欠繳稅額之間的差額。
If the total amount of the taxes you owe is less than your withholdings, then you will get a tax refund (or money that is returned to you from the government because you have already paid too much).
如果你欠繳的稅額小于預扣稅款,那么你將獲得退稅(或由于你已經繳納了太多的稅,所以政府退還給你多繳納的款項)。
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