Debbie Davis

Families with college students may save tax on their 2017 returns with one of these breaks

Whether you had a child in college (or graduate school) last year or were a student yourself, you may be eligible for some valuable tax breaks on your 2017 return. One such break that had expired December 31, 2016, was just extended under the recently passed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018: the tuition and fees deduction. […]

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TCJA Temporarily Lowers Medical Expense Deduction Threshold

With rising health care costs, claiming whatever tax breaks related to health care that you can is more important than ever. But there’s a threshold for deducting medical expenses that may be hard to meet. Fortunately, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has temporarily reduced the threshold. What expenses are eligible? Medical expenses may

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Part 3 of Life, Death, and Taxes – Investing in Real Estate

Guest blogger Jacob Davis ends his Life, Death, and Taxes series with thoughts on Investing in Real Estate. Please contact our office with tax questions related to real estate investing. Thank you, Jacob, for providing this series. This article is not about how to invest in real estate or the ways to go about it–it’s

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Part 1: Life, Death, and Taxes — Welcome To Being An Adult, First Time Home Buyers

As many of my readers know, my father is a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) who is the founder and owner of the Kelly T. Davis, CPA, PA firm in Overland Park, Kansas. He has 35+ years of dealing with people and their taxes and knows just about everything your little heart could ever desire about

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