step up

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The WSJ Fitness Challenge is a six-week program of step-up exercises designed for people of all ages and fitness levels who want to take their workouts up a notch.

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If you sell this house, she’d lose her step-up in basis.

From MarketWatch

“Data centers and AI are projected to drive a big step-up in electricity demand this decade, which is exactly why ‘grid tech’ has become a real market theme,” he says.

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If you give your children these homes before you and your husband pass away, they would take your cost basis rather than receiving a step-up to current market value.

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If your sister purchases the house, she and your brother’s other heirs would also lose their step-up in basis, a tax break that lets people inherit assets without paying hefty capital-gains tax.

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