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evilanne
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Taxes

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Interesting Articles: What's inside the new tax act?​
https://www.fidelity.com/learning-cente ... tiful-bill
What I found interesting:
+SALT tax deduction change increased to $40K (2025-2029) https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2025 ... es/167509/
Charitable Donations in 2026 see also https://www.fidelitycharitable.org/arti ... eform.html
+With Standard deduction you can deduct up to $1000/2000 charitable contribution per year without itemizing
-If you itemize, charitable contributions are reduced by .5% of AGI

2025-2028 Temporary 4 year only
No taxes on tips (up to $25,000) & overtime (Up to $12,500) (Both phase out at $150K, reduced by $100/$1000 over)
Senior Tax Breaks ($6000 phase out between $75K and $175K for single, reduced by 6% for every dollar over $75K)
Deductible Car Loan Interest up to $10K (USA final assembly only; phase out $100K to $200K for single)

Plus more

Clean Energy Credits Under OBBBA
https://www.stephanoslack.com/2025/09/0 ... der-obbba/
From IRA to OBBBA: A New Era for Clean Energy Tax Credits
https://www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspec ... ax-credits
Dates move up in many areas and Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit ends this year. :(

One Big Beautiful Bill Act Makes the Individual Income Tax More Complex
https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/ ... ax-breaks/
Got some of the details from here, AI works well but yes, OBBBA makes quite a few things more complicated.

TSP0nlinee
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Re: Taxes

Post by TSP0nlinee »

Thanks for taking the time to provide a synopsis/share links. I've learned so much from you over the last few years. Appreciate your contributions. K

Bubba
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Re: Taxes

Post by Bubba »

TSP0nlinee wrote: Mon Sep 15, 2025 11:45 am Thanks for taking the time to provide a synopsis/share links. I've learned so much from you over the last few years. Appreciate your contributions. K
Thanks!

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