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Subject: 2027 tax adjustments, military retired pay and ballot results
Preview text (the hidden preheader matches it, 160 characters): The IRS set the 2027 standard deduction at $16,600 for single filers. See how states tax military retired pay and how voters decided seven measures we analyzed.

Sections

1. The IRS's 2027 inflation adjustments compared with our projections. The IRS's increases exceeded ours by about 9% at the median, and the section includes a standard deduction table.
2. What two couples keep of their military retired pay after federal and state income tax, from the 11 November post.
3. Results of the seven ballot measures from our dashboard, each set beside our estimate and the official estimate.
4. The recording of the 30 October Prop 40 webinar.
5. PolicyBench: GPT-6.1 Terra and Claude Fable 5.2 join the leaderboard, plus the America.gov test.
6. Model updates since 29 October: LIHEAP in 18 more states, 2027 ACA benchmark premiums, the DC EITC match and California's Medi-Cal asset limit.
7. Talks: the APPAM roundtable and the Tax Chats episode.

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• A fact checker matched every number, date, name and vote share against primary sources on 13 November. The sources included the CA, CO, WA, SD and ND election offices, the dashboard data, both posts, the IRS release, PolicyBench and the episode pages.
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• Refresh the vote shares, the North Dakota margin and "by November 13" on send day. The counts remain unofficial.
• Merge Correct the CPI average, CTC, dependents' deduction and QBI lines in the 2027 inflation post policyengine-app-v2#1553 first. It corrects the linked inflation post, and the edition's Child Tax Credit sentence follows the corrected version. David approved it at its current head, and its checks pass.
• Confirm that the APPAM roundtable ran as listed. Our sources for the session predate it.
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