Death and refunds

While people in most states dread filing their taxes, Floridians, for the most part, have something to look forward to, according to a new report from personal finance and economics website SmartAsset.

Namely, that's an average refund of $2,877 per tax filer — good for No. 10 nationwide in average refund amount. On a cumulative basis, Florida's 7.8 million tax filers in 2016 received a total of $22.4 billion in refunds from the federal government, the study shows.

Texas, with an average refund of $3,133, checks in at No. 1, while Oklahoma, with $3,088, is right behind its neighbor to the south. Louisiana rounds out the top three. Its 1.65 million tax filers received an average refund of $3,073.