I write about taxes for The Wall Street Journal.
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Laura Saunders retweeted
30 Jul 2025
New from us today: The tax law made five separate changes that will affect incentives for charitable giving.
How will that all shake out?
Link below:
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Laura Saunders retweeted
27 Jul 2025
New from us:
Americans dislike the “one big, beautiful bill” but favor some of its components.
A preview of the midterm messaging fight ahead….
27 Jul 2025
Americans view President Trump’s tax-and-spending law as a win for wealthy households and large corporations, according to a new WSJ poll on.wsj.com/4kZVsWO
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Laura Saunders retweeted
26 Jul 2025
I'm just a man screaming into the void that $30,000 of officer's salary and $400,000 from an S-corp is not good tax strategy. #TaxTwitter
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Laura Saunders retweeted
26 Jul 2025
New from us today: A visual look at the distribution of tax cuts in the new law.
26 Jul 2025
Now that President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act is law, the fight has begun over who wins and who loses from its tax-and-spending changes on.wsj.com/4mc9WnB
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Laura Saunders retweeted
25 Jul 2025
So, so many tax pros in my area got this wrong, and I even lost a client in 21 over it because he didn't believe me that his Goodwill donations didn't count.
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Laura Saunders retweeted
25 Jul 2025
Little-noticed provisions in the #OBBB One Big Beautiful Bill Act are about to boost #tax breaks for some donors, lower them for others and complicate them for lots of #Americans @Saunderswsj wsj.com/personal-finance/tax…
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Laura Saunders retweeted
25 Jul 2025
.@Saunderswsj has a taxpayers' guide to the revamped charitable incentives Congress just passed.
One key thing before this starts next year: Non-itemizer deduction is cash-only. The new itemizer deduction has a floor limiting deductions.
So... donate those old T-shirts now.
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Laura Saunders retweeted
11 Jul 2025
Congress giveth and Congress taketh away—sometimes in one law. The #OBBB “big, beautiful bill” signed by President Trump this month is a good example. #TAX wsj.com/personal-finance/tax… via @WSJ @Saunderswsj
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11 Jul 2025
My latest:
Congress is addicted to giving with one hand and taking away with the other through phaseouts, time limits and more.
Bottom line: many people won't be getting the new tax breaks they're hoping for.
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Laura Saunders retweeted
12 Jun 2025
New from me on today's CBO report on the distributional effects of OBBBA.
12 Jun 2025
Republicans’ tax-and-spending megabill would give more money to middle-income and high-income households while taking benefits away from low-income people, according to a new CBO analysis on.wsj.com/3Ztj5PT
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13 Jun 2025
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The GOP tax-and-spending bill would expand tax-free 529 plan withdrawals.
Now they're mostly for college, but the expansion would cover more K-12 expenses and trade certificates, such as for HVAC tech.
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Laura Saunders retweeted
8 May 2025
My column about my dear friend, @clementsmoney
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16 May 2025
My latest:
Why Pope Leo's strict vow of poverty could get him out of onerous U.S. tax-filing requirements for expats.
We even have a photo of his vow, from 1981!
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Laura Saunders retweeted
Fantastic article from @Saunderswsj about the Pope, #FBAR and US @taxationabroad
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2 May 2025
My latest:
Philanthropist Oscar Tang has just emerged from a long, bruising battle with the IRS over $74 million gift of Chinese paintings to New York's Metropolitan Museum.
Here's what that means for your donation deductions.
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Laura Saunders retweeted
6 Apr 2025
Yes, the @IRS is shrinking. But it is far from toothless—and the cost of getting caught has gotten higher. wsj.com/personal-finance/tax… via @WSJ @Saunderswsj
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4 Apr 2025
My latest:
Tempted to cheat on your taxes this year because of the turmoil at the IRS? Think again--
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Laura Saunders retweeted
22 Mar 2025
The IRS and immigration officials are nearing an agreement under which the tax agency would share limited taxpayer data with border-security authorities on.wsj.com/4hJadvO
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Laura Saunders retweeted
22 Mar 2025
Philosophically this is a very big shift for IRS, which has encouraged people here illegally to file and pay taxes and said it doesn’t get involved in immigration enforcement. 3/3
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