Taxes
Year End Tax Moves Ranked by What Each One Saves You
Eleven year-end tax moves ranked by actual dollar savings. Here is which actions expire on December 31 and which can wait until the April tax filing deadline.
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Taxes
Standard Deduction vs Itemizing
For 2026, a married couple needs more than $32,200 of usable itemized deductions. The new SALT cap and charity floor change the arithmetic.
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