<prompt> Human: I recently switched to a new accountant after years with another accountant. My new accountant, without asking, made it so that the tax refund that I was supposed to receive this year will be applied to my taxes for next year. I asked him if he could change that and give me the tax refund now money would be more useful now compared to in a year and he said that he could not change that. Is there a way to make it so that I can get the refund now instead of in a year, despite what he says?  <response>: You could adjust your withholdings so that less taxes are withheld until you hit the total of your refund amount, since you already prepaid your 2016 taxes. 