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Tax deductions help to reduce your overall taxable income and in turn lower how much you owe at tax time. So, what are some common tax deductions you can take this year? There are two types of deductions: above the line (deductions for AGI) and below the line (deductions from AGI). Learn more about the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":418,"featured_media":69611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[23475],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"
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