<prompt> Human: Im angry.My mom does my taxes for me bookkeeper and every single year I get nothing back. Im 20, Canadian, not in school, but I work full time. I got a second job for.. 9 months maybe, made around 2000-3000 only, and took out an additional 25 from every paycheck since I was working two jobs. Even when I stopped working the second one, I kept taking out the 25, I still am.I made only 18,000 at work for the year didnt go full time until September, 700-800 paychecks , and Im supposed to get a refund of about 250 which is literally nothing. Everybody else gets around a grand and I dont know what I am doing wrong. My mom said I made to much to qualify for a certain refund, but I dont understand what I need to do besides go in debt for school to get more money back. Can you file taxes wrong? Can someone else give me a better result?Maybe I could get some general advice, too. I pay 600-700 a month in rentbillscar insurance doesnt include other expenses - gas etc. and Im broke all the time. I already work 40 - 45 hours, I dont know what else to do besides school for the OSAP - student loan but technically Id have even less after. I havent figured courses out yet, so I didnt want to rush into anything, but I just want the money. How the heck do normal people survive, how do eventually buy a house and that? I cant even save 1000. I feel like the next level of budgeting would be cutting out eating altogether.  <response>: Ideally you shouldnt be getting anything in a refund. Its exactly that: the government refunding you money you overpaid throughout the year. The people around you arent getting a check from the government, theyre getting their own money back.More than likely, you just dont get much in the way of deductions. As a single person with no dependents, the tax code really isnt designed to help you out. You can generally blame that on the fact young people are generally apathetic about politics, so politicians dont gain much if anything by trying to help them out with tax breaks.That said, re-doing your taxes may be worth it just to check all the numbers. 