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How to lower your income tax bill

Jan 18, 2018
For those who donate to charity, Washington Post columnist Allan Sloan has some advice for you.
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With the tax bill signed, a fight with hard-hit states begins

Jan 10, 2018
California and New Jersey are exploring the use of charitable contributions to offset taxes.
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New York's wealthy balk at the new tax law

Jan 9, 2018
They pay half of the city's income tax revenue. Now that they can't deduct it, some may leave.
At age 71, Diane Gilman finally got her dream penthouse on Fifth Avenue in New York City.
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Pity the tax bills of America’s multinationals

Jan 5, 2018
During the next few weeks we’ll be hearing from some of the world’s largest companies about big, one-time write-downs against their financial results. Many are expected to warn that their profits will be hurt by the huge bills they have to pay to the IRS. It’s part of the new tax law. But those write-downs […]

The tax bill's reshaping of the American economy

Dec 29, 2017
How fast will the effects ripple through the economy?
Copies of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Conference Report sit on the dais of the House Rules Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington, DC.
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US President Donald Trump speaks after signing a tax reform bill in the Oval Office of the White House December 22, 2017 in Washington, DC.
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Born in the year of tax reform

Dec 22, 2017
Two 31-year-olds discuss the changes to a tax code that hasn't seen major reform since they were born.
Traffic streaks past the U.S. Capitol on December 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. 
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