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Tax changes arrive as thresholds and deductions rather than as headline rates, which is why they are easy to miss and expensive to get wrong. These guides take each figure from the statute or the IRS release that set it, state the year it applies to, and show the point at which it starts to matter to a household rather than to a spreadsheet.
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People 65 and over may claim an extra $6,000 deduction for tax years 2025 through 2028, on top of the existing senior amount. It phases out above $75,000 of modified AGI, and because of where it sits on the return, it does not lower the income figure Medicare uses.