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Tina Orem, NerdWallet.com
Thu, 02/22/2018 - 11:14am

The world is full of tax advice this time of year, but not all of it is good. Here are five misguided, worthless or flat-out bad pieces of tax advice that tax pros say they wish never existed. Bad advice: Get an extension — you’ll have more time to pay your taxes!

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