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# The New Tax Law and You

Analysis of the 1986 Tax Reform Act’s impact on 1986, 1987, and 1988 tax liabilities, presented as six comparison tables with a detailed worked example for a two-income household. Shows changes to medical deduction thresholds, elimination of sales tax and union dues deductions, and modified standard deductions. Includes a short QL program to reproduce the tables on screen.