One for you, 19 for me

We found out last week that we overpaid our 2000 taxes (I was working as a contractor that year and had to prepay, and figuring out how much to prepay is not easy), so we’re getting some back. That was nice to hear, but in the same breath our tax accountant said that at least a third of that other “refund,” that check from that nice guy who plays that president on TV, should go straight into the bank for next year’s taxes, because it’s going to be counted as income. And that’s not all I didn’t understand.