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The Clark Howard Podcast

02.11.26 Tax Refunds & Withholding / Clarksplainer: Trump Accounts

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

It’s tax season - and many Americans are going to receive higher than expected refunds. Guess what Clark wants you to do with extra money? And what about your withholding for this year? Also today,  more clarity on Trump accounts. While the federal government is seeding these accounts with $1,000 for newborns, proceed with caution. Clark tells you how these work, who benefits, and who does not. Tax Refunds & Withholding: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Trump Accounts: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: 4 Reasons Why This Is the Best Time of the Year To File Your Taxes Why You Do Not Want To Get a Big Tax Refund Check - Clark Howard Is One Medical Membership for Prime Members Better Than a Health Concierge? Direct Primary Care: A new solution for rising health care costs? Should I Use a Credit Card or Give Up My Bank Account Info To Save 2.3%? Roth vs. Traditional 401(k): What's the Difference? - Clark Howard Trump Accounts: What You Need To Know Best 529 Plans by State: How Clark Howard Picks the Top College Savings Plans Should I Contribute to a 529 Plan Only To Roll It Into a Roth IRA Later? BBB-File a Complaint 5 Best Places To Buy Pet Medicines - Clark Howard Clark.com resources: Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com  /  Ask Clark Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.7

Our mission is to serve you with advice and information that empowers you,

0:47.7

so you make better financial decisions in your life.

0:50.9

And here in tax season, this year there's, well, unexpected, good things happening

0:59.7

for a reasonable percent of taxpayers. You're going to get a higher refund than you expected

1:07.9

or you may have seen in the past. So there's some things you need to know, you need to do in conjunction with that.

1:15.8

I'm going to explain the background.

1:18.4

And after I get to some of your questions, I'm going to talk about something else I talked

1:24.6

about when at first past Congress, the things called

1:28.1

Trump accounts, how they work, who they work for, and who should not do a Trump account.

1:35.8

I'm going to give you the full scoop on that later in this podcast.

1:41.8

So when Congress passed a new tax law, it was retroactive back to January 1 of last

1:51.2

year. A lot of us had our withholding set up where we work as they were, and they stayed

1:58.4

that way through the year. So what's happened is you're withholding historically may have generated some amount of

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