<prompt> Human: How do people making 27Kyr get back 8K returns while my wife and I get 2,500? Back story: Wife and I make 100K combined, 1 dep, not much mortgage interest any more. I pay a buttload of cash to the fed and we file jointly. Our average return is 2,500 to 3KOur daughter who makes 27Kyr, has 3 deps, no mortgage, interest or anything like that consistently receives 7K, 8K, 9K on her returns.The most weve ever gotten back was 3,500. Granted, I know the interest free loan blah blah to the govt you are going to remind me of. I know all that. I just want to know howwhy someone who most likely pays next to nothing gets these returns year after year.Thanks for any thoughts you may have on this!  <response>: A lot of people misunderstand what returns are. You can get whatever return you want by just having overly much taken out of your paycheck. You get a 8,000 dollar return by paying in 660 dollars more per month than you end up owing and then the difference is RETURNED to you. Likely its a case of being pushed below the level you owe anything and simply having all the money returned. 