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Discount for Lack of Marketability: Here’s an Extensive Checklist

The discount for lack of marketability (DLOM) is one of the most contentious issues in business valuation. One reason is that the DLOM can lower a business interest’s value by as much as 35% or more. Another reason is that the DLOM varies...

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Are You Up to Speed on the Auto Loan Interest Deduction?

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), enacted in the summer of 2025, includes a new temporary federal income tax deduction for auto loan interest. On January 2, 2026, the IRS published in the Federal Register proposed regulations addressing the...

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Reconsider Your Home Sale: 4 Tax-Smart Options When the Market Stalls

Are you ready to move and want to sell your home, but you’re worried about a slowing real estate market? You’re not alone. Many homeowners want to move up to a bigger home or downsize to a smaller one. However, they’re currently unable to sell...

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Act Soon: EV and Homeowner Tax Credits Ending After 2025 Under Proposed Law

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a sweeping tax and spending measure, dubbed “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill.” It includes significant tax implications for electric vehicle (EV) buyers and homeowners. Specifically, the bill...

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9 Individual Tax Credits You Can’t Afford to Overlook

Tax credits are the most valuable tax breaks available. Each dollar of credit equals a dollar of tax savings. By comparison, if you’re in the 32% federal income tax bracket, each dollar of tax deductions saves you only 32 cents. Unfortunately,...

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Small Businesses: 5 Last-Minute Tax Breaks to Consider for 2024

The deadlines for filing 2024 tax returns (or extensions) are fast approaching. Has your small business taken advantage of all the legitimate ways to lower its federal income tax bill for 2024? Fortunately, it may not be too late to make some...

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Ready, Set, File: 8 Tax Deductions You Might Not Know About

Years ago, many taxpayers itemized deductions instead of claiming the standard deduction. But fewer taxpayers are itemizing today due to a bevy of changes in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). The TJCA provisions that increased the standard deduction...

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Important Tax Figures for 2025

The following chart provides some important federal tax information for 2025, as compared with 2024. Social Security/ Medicare 2025 2024 Social Security Tax Wage Base $176,100 $168,600 Medicare Tax Wage Base No limit No limit Employee portion of...

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