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Throughout the entire legislative process, the liberal media were deeply invested in spreading as much disinformation about the GOP tax reform bill as possible. And now that the bill that they worked so hard at sinking was actually law, NBC Nightly News spent part of Tuesday’s broadcast complaining about how confused people were and how they were in a holiday season panic following tax conversations around the dinner table on Christmas.
“In these final days of 2017, the new tax law has many Americans still trying to figure it all out,” announced fill-in anchor Craig Melvin. “One of the most confusing questions? Whether you should pay some of next year's taxes before the end of this year.”
NBC reporter Stephanie Gosk was in a tax collection office in Montclair, New Jersey where the phones were ringing off the hook during a normally quiet time of the year. “Property owners here and around the country are in something of a panic. A know-it-all relative at holiday table probably told them: ‘Better prepay those property taxes to save money before the new tax law kicks in,’” she reported.
According to Gosk, if they file their property taxes now they “may” be able to write it off on their taxes this year. “’May’ because it depends on a number of factors. Something accountant Matt Meyer has had to explain to Chicago area clients in a deluge of panicked calls,” she added. Meyer complained to her about the “tax bill was supposed to simplify things and it really hasn't.”
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