The one thing that most people want when the new tax season rolls around is a refund on their taxes paid within the tax year. Jeff Badu is a CPA in Chicago, Illinois and offers clients and businesses full tax services including maximizing the tax refund. A recent publication of his that discussed tax refunds covers a very important element of tax refunds – how to spend them. “Many people consider paying down debt or taking a vacation. Both are good ideas and acceptable. However, which debt to pay down is the question. Certain debts can have tax ramifications,” said Badu, the leading tax accountant of Chicago, Illinois . Badu refers to home mortgages, often the largest debt a person will incur in their life. Paying down the principle of the mortgage is a sound idea, but this will reduce the amount of mortgage interest tax payers can use to lower tax liabilities. Badu has a much better idea for paying down debt. “Start with the high interest, non-deductible debt like car pa...