Many of the recent tax relief bills were designed to be phased in over a number of years, or are indexed for inflation.  The response to the country's economic trouble have resulted in all kinds of legislation to include tax credit for first time home buyers, payroll tax credits for hiring the unemployed, sales tax deduction for purchasing new vehicles, increased equipment expense deduction, a change in the college tuition credit and partial exclusion for taxing the unemployment benefits. 

Some of the changes are the result of new law and some of the changes are the result of old laws which have expired.  The changes are a still unfolding.  

The next few pages on my site will give you more information related to the following: 

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll:  Health Care Priorities for 2017

What if I don't have Health Insurance

Health Care Hardship Exemption

2010-2014 Health Reform

The dreaded "repair regulations

Foreign Bank Accounts

Foreign Financial Assets

Bitcoin

Taxcrazy Stuff