Five Ideas for Your Tax Refund A tax refund is a return of your money. Here are some tips on how to improve the results. Author: Note to Self: This year’s tax deadline has reverted to the usual April 15 th. This will make most tax preparers happy as they seem OK remaining trapped inside their offices during the first two weeks of April but were not as cheerful when they missed the 4 th of July 2020 because the filing deadline was temporarily extended to July 15 th. Brad Wright, CFP Let’s assume you file your tax return on time, and you are due a refund. That news always seems to be recei...