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The Daily Money

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Mon Nov 17 2025

Daniel de Visé | Personal Finance Reporter

Good morning! It's Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money.

Remember all those tax breaks in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act? They come at a steep cost in lost federal revenue.

States stand to lose money, too. And not every state is playing along.

Think carefully about your charitable giving

Speaking of the Trump tax-and-spending law, its provisions could affect the tax benefits you reap from charitable giving. Some taxpayers might want to give more in 2025, while others should consider holding off until 2026.

More households live paycheck to paycheck

And Betty Lin-Fisher has a story about a rise in the number of Americans who struggle from one payday to the next.

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No tax on tips or overtime? Not if you live in these states

Tax-Aide volunteer Roy Lieber (left) assists Ray Rahim of Phoenix with his taxes at the Sunnyslope Senior Center in Phoenix. The AARP Foundation offers free tax filing to low-income seniors during tax season. Tax prep AARP aide

States are rejecting some of the mega tax package's most popular individal tax provisions to boost their finances. What it means for their residents.

This year, some quirky new tax rules mean that one group of tax filers might want to give more money in 2025 than they planned. And another group could be better off pushing their cash donations into January 2026.

New tax rules could change when it pays to give to charity

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act has new twists relating to charitable giving that hit in 2026.

Hands with money

Why are more Americans living paycheck to paycheck?

A new Bank of America Institute analysis reveals that more Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.

A man walks by a food market on November 6, 2025 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.

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Upper-income Americans are doing better, while low- and moderate-income households are falling behind. Why does that matter?

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Gen Z know all about TikTok but little about money. Who's helping?

TikTok? No problem. Cents in a dollar? Eight percent of Gen Z have no clue. Here's how companies are trying to fix that.

If you buy individual stocks, don't expect to beat the market. The pros often fail.

Is it safe to buy individual stocks? Answers here.

You've heard about people who made a mint on Nvidia. Now you want to invest in individual stocks. But how much is too much? We have tips.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on the day he is set to sign an executive order on "Fostering the Future" in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 13, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Will you get a $2,000 tariff dividend check? Here's the odds.

Bettors on prediction betting sites such as Polymarket and Kalshi seem to be skeptical about the likelihood of $2,000 tariff dividend checks.

Social Security on a highway sign.

3 important Social Security changes coming in the new year

The cost-of-living adjustment isn't the only change retirees should have on their radar.

Molly Reid shops for groceries Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, with her children, Oliver and Skye, in Oklahoma City. Inflation Shopping

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A six-figure salary doesn't mean what it used to, a new poll suggests.

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