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Why Charitable Giving Works Better When It Starts In September
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A widow asked why her tax bill went up the year her income went down. Nothing was wrong with the return. The survivor keeps the larger Social Security check, the smaller one ends, and the return changes from joint to single. Brackets narrow, the standard deduction halves, and Medicare thresholds drop. Almost all of the useful planning has to happen while both spouses are alive.
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A Family's Journey Through Colombia: Pink Dolphins, the Amazon, and the Andes
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