Ashlea Ebeling

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2,002 appearances 38 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2022 last heard Feb 2025

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · The IRS Has Released Its New Tax Brackets for 2025. Where Do You Fall? · 29 Oct 2024 podcast

So for the vast majority of people, that standard deduction is going to give them a better tax situation. matched

What are some other changes that filers should be aware of? matched

For wealthy Americans, the estate and gift tax rules also are adjusted for inflation. matched

The federal estate tax exclusion amount, that's how much an individual can shelter from estate taxes. matched

That's gone up to $13.99 million for deaths in 2025. matched

Then there's a separate limit on tax-free gifts that goes up to $19,000. matched

for 2025 up from $18,000 this year. matched

Income thresholds for paying capital gains tax are also adjusted for inflation. matched

Taxpayers, for example, could sell appreciated stock and snag a 0% capital gains tax rate for single filers with income up to $48,350. matched

Joint filers with incomes approaching $100,000 can actually sell appreciated stock at that 0% rate. matched

For planning purposes, you can look and compare 2024 and 2025, and that might impact some decisions on things like how much you're putting into a retirement account, whether you're doing a Roth conversion. matched

So that's the big question. matched

All bets are off on what's going to happen with these Trump tax cuts from 2017. matched

Almost all of the individual tax provisions expire at the end of 2025. matched

So Congress has to do something or everything reverts back to the way it was. matched

That reverting back would mean the standard deduction dropping back in half, the state tax exemption dropping back in half. matched

On the rates, the top ordinary rate is now 37%. matched

That would go back to 39.6% and kick in at a lower level of income. matched

So wealthy Americans are making fail-safe estate plans, and they're considering some income tax moves basically to hedge their bets on all of this. matched

WSJ Your Money Briefing · Putting a Pet in Your Will Isn’t Just for the Super Wealthy · 19 Aug 2024 podcast

It could be up to $100,000 for some people, $1,000 per pet per year. matched

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