One Upside to High Inflation: Lower Tax Bills

One of the few benefits of high inflation may be a tax cut for millions of Americans.

Many workers will get bigger paychecks in January and be able to stash more money in their retirement accounts when the Internal Revenue Service makes its annual inflation adjustments to dozens of tax provisions. Normally these are minimal modifications, but given August’s persistently high inflation data, tax experts estimate a significant impact on 2023 taxes.