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Everyone Celebrated the Senior Deduction. The 1040 Says Otherwise.

$168.6 billion leaves the trust fund to pay for a break that expires in 2028.

Jun 12, 2026

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$10,000 to Your Church, Two Ways, $2,000 Apart

Your IRA has a tunnel underneath it.

Jun 11, 2026

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$290,900 Claimed. $16,500 Allowed. The Rule Still Works.

Two statutes, one wall. The IRS only needs to cut one pipe.

Jun 10, 2026

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$0 Spent on a Nevada Trustee Cost Him the Lake House

They picked Nevada's rules. Then they didn't follow Nevada's rules.

Jun 9, 2026

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Same Couple, Same Income, $14,000 More in Tax

The form number is 6251, line 1. That's where the gift disappears.

Jun 8, 2026

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Congress Rewrote the Basis Math and the Door Closes Soon

Congress made the fix retroactive. The amended return window closes July 2026.

Jun 5, 2026

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$5M Estate, $15M Exemption, Wife Gets Zero

Six words in the clause tell you if yours is broken.

Jun 4, 2026

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79 Cents on the Dollar or Full Credit Plus a Tax Bill. Pick One by July 6.

The gap that paid $147K closed when the new law passed.

Jun 3, 2026

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Buy a House Through an LLC Today and Nothing Gets Filed

Three federal tracking systems broke at once. Nobody relit any of them.

Jun 2, 2026

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Congress Gave You $40,000 Then Took $36,725 Back

One couple, both 75, lost $36,725 to three rules stacked in the fine print.

Jun 1, 2026

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California Probate Code 15304a Kills Your Spendthrift Clause

The fix costs one LLC and ten minutes on a whiteboard.

May 29, 2026

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The $1,050,000 Gap Congress Forgot to Close in Section 1202

Your CPA has two readings and no ruling to pick between them.

May 28, 2026

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