{"id":10653,"date":"2022-02-24T07:58:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T14:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tegnacorpstage.wpengine.com\/advertise\/?p=10653"},"modified":"2022-02-25T08:06:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:06:28","slug":"trend-time-making-sense-of-tax-refunds-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/trend-time-making-sense-of-tax-refunds-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Trend Time: Making Sense of Tax Refunds in 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s tax time again, and that means millions of Americans <\/span>are<\/span> filing <\/span>tax returns with the IRS<\/span> \u2013 but <\/span>not without confusion<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2021, visits to <\/span><\/span>IRS.gov<\/span><\/span> increased by 19% from 2020, showing that consumers have questions when it comes to filing their annual taxes<\/span>, so much so that 55% opted to use a tax professional. The same study <\/span>reveals<\/span> that m<\/span>ore than 33% <\/span>of consumers procrastinate<\/span>.<\/span> 22% think it\u2019s <\/span><\/span>too <\/span>complicated or stressful, a<\/span><\/span>nd<\/span> 10% are <\/span>not in a <\/span><\/span>rush<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Looking back at 2020 refund spending, 20% of Americans <\/span><\/span>regret<\/span><\/span> how they spent their tax refunds, <\/span>with 46% believing they should have saved the money, and 40% wishing they used the money for necessary expenses.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While financial needs can vary when it comes to spending, consumers value an expert opinion.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Advertising with TEGNA is an investment in your financial brand that can help consumers turn the fear of taxes into an opportunity for greater financial stability.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Visit TEGNA.com\/advertise to learn how we can help grow your brand with a variety of solutions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While financial needs can vary when it comes to spending, consumers value an expert opinion.\u00a0Advertising with TEGNA is an investment in your financial brand that can help consumers make cents of their tax refunds.\u00a0Visit TEGNA.com\/advertise to learn how we can help grow your brand with a variety of solutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beingoodcompany","wpautop"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tegna.com\/advertise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}