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Tom Barrett: “The average tax refund is up over 11%, or about 300 bucks…”

Featuring: Tom Barrett, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 7

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Barrett Highlights WFTC on Tax Day

Published | Video Starts at 00:17

But this year is different thanks to the working families tax cuts. If you've already filed your taxes this year, you probably noticed some big changes. Across the United States. The average tax refund is up over 11%, or about 300 bucks more than it was last year. That's because we prevented the largest tax hike on working class Americans in history. We preserved the doubled standard deduction for every tax filer. (00:17–00:24)

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