Hello brand spanking new 2025! Why so cordial? Because this year should be a relatively easy one as far as taxes.
Congress didn't make any major tax changes, at any point last year, so we're dealing with tax provisions that are pretty familiar.
Also, we're again on the usual tax calendar with its familiar deadlines. We know that unless a major disaster disrupts our lives in the early part of the year, we'll need to get our taxes done by April 15.
Another thing that's the same this year is this page. OK, it's a different page, but it's the 2025 version of the ol' blog's long-standing feature By the Numbers.
So what counts? Taxes are, of course, all about the digits. As far as those that make it into BtN (as I refer to it), potential figures range from tax rate percentages to dollar amounts to titles of tax legislation to raw numbers and more. Much, much more.
If it can be associated (per my sometimes skewed judgement) with taxes, federal or state, it counts!
And yes, I am the final judge and arbiter. So if you thing the math here on this page might not seem to add up, no worries. The BtN collection isn't something the IRS is going to audit!
They all have some sort of tax connection, although sometimes it's tangential and/or is based on what some say (OK, what the hubby says) is my penchant for absurdist humor.
However, there is nothing funny in the figures selected for the first BtN recognition of 2025. It's a post on those who were in disaster areas, as mentioned earlier, last year and whose 2023 tax year filing deadlines were delayed into 2025.
I promise, though, that I'll find some lighter numerical fare for future BtN honorees.
Weekend counting: In keeping with the counting tradition, the By the Numbers honorees will be added to this page's running roster after they are highlighted in a post.
That usually will be on Sundays. Sometimes, though, a number gets early recognition, showing up on Saturday or even at the end of the traditional work week. And if some breaking tax news forces its way onto the ol' blog on Sunday, then the number will appear the next week.
But whenever they show up, they are tallied.
Regardless of the timing, you can always find the numbers at the links in the ol' blog's right column under the multicolored numbers box, the same one that's pictured at the top of this page. A click on the image will take you to the BtN category showing all the figures that have been featured. A click on the red By the Numbers text under the image will bring you to this collection of the 2025 tax numbers, with the most recent figure and blog post at the top of the list.
So here we go into the 15th year of the ol' blog's numerical tradition, with a jumpstart from the last BtN honoree of 2024.
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GOP looking at 200+ spending cuts and tax changes (Jan. 19, 2025) - Oct. 15, 2026
California wildfire victims qualify for tax relief, including delayed Oct. 15, 2025, filing and payment deadline (Jan. 12, 2025) And yes, the year 2026 in the link is correct; it's a special deadline that disaster area filers must meet to decide which tax year to claim a tax deduction for disaster losses. - Feb. 3, May 1, Sept. 30
Taxpayers in 24 states and 2 territories facing disaster-delayed 2023 filing deadlines (Jan. 5, 2025) - Dec. 31
Tax matters that matter on December 31 (Dec. 29, 2024)
Need more numbers? You can recount the featured figures from 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
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