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Here's your money briefing for Tuesday, April 1st.

I'm Dalvin Brown for the Wall Street Journal.

Filing taxes can be daunting, especially your first time.

WSJ reporter Laura Saunders has covered taxes for more than a decade,

and now she's sharing the advice she gives her own kids.

The tax code reflects modern economic reality. It's very complicated, too. It's full of all

this forbidding language that Congress put into the system and all these ideas like who's

your dependent or am I filing jointly or separately? And it's a lot to master.

But with a few smart moves, you can boost your refund, dodge penalties, and avoid first-timer

pitfalls.

We'll talk more with Laura after the break.

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