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Ten Tax Planning Tips for 2022

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Since there is no longer a non-itemizer’s charitable deduction in 2022 and only about 10% of tax filers itemize, you’ll probably have fewer receipts to save. The 2022 standard deduction is $12,950 for individuals ($14,700 age 65+) and $25,900 for married filing jointly ($28,700 if both spouses are age 65+).

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Thirteen Tax Topics for Older Adults

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Personal finances can get complex for many older adults with multiple streams of income, the need to create a retirement “paycheck,” Social Security benefits, required minimum distributions, and more. Increased Standard Deduction - Taxpayers age 65+ (and those who are blind) get an increased standard deduction on federal income taxes.

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IRA Basics for Retirement Savers

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History - In the early 1980s, federal legislation created a tax-deductible IRA for anyone with earned income. Significant changes in 1986 established income limits for participants in an employer-sponsored retirement plan that eliminated the tax deductibility of traditional IRA contributions for some people.

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Ten Upsides of Inflation

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Standard Deduction - The amount of income taxpayers can shelter from income taxes rises with inflation (e.g., for couples filing jointly, the standard deduction is $27,700 in 2023 vs. $25,900 in 2022). Marginal Tax Brackets - Income ranges in the seven marginal tax brackets ranging from 10% to 37% are inflation-based.

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Ten Benefits of Self-Employment in Later Life

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Tax Write-Off for Self-Employment Tax - On line 15 of Schedule 2 (for a 1040 form), self-employed workers can write off the deductible portion of their self-employment tax (calculated on Schedule SE), which will lower adjusted gross income (AGI), a trigger for many other taxes.

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Tax Planning Tools and Techniques

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I recently attended a NY Public Library webinar about tax planning and below is a summary: Standard Deduction - 2023 saw the largest ever automatic adjustment to standard deductions since indexing was introduced in the 1980s. A larger standard deduction means that taxpayers can shelter more income from income taxes.

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Things to Learn From a Tax Return

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Not only does this provide an opportunity to catch possible errors and omissions, but it also provides valuable insights about household finances and a source of questions about tax calculations and future tax planning for my second visit. When it comes to income taxes, rarely are household finances exactly the same from one year to the next.

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