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4 Back-From-the-Dead Tax Breaks for Your 2019 Return

There's a handful of tax breaks you may have heard about that keep coming back from the dead like zombies. In the tax world, they're collectively referred to as "tax extenders"--every time they expire, Congress jumps in and extends them for another couple of years.

One of the appropriation bills President Trump signed in December 2019 did just that. It revived a number of tax breaks that had expired at the end of. If you can claim them for 2018 as well, go ahead and to get a refund.

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