greg mcbride is chief financia an legitimate, a consumer finance site, and greg, thanks for joining us. >> thank you happy holidays. >> happy holidays to you at the end of the year start with tax changes anything anybody should do end of the year, tax moves to make now you won't be able to make in just a few days? >> yes a couple action steps to take this week given the latest tax reform it you're in a situation where you're in a high taxed state and you're going to bump up into that $10,000 threshold for deducting state and local taxes for 2018, look at paying 2018 property taxes this week, before the end of the year. get that on the 2017 taxes so you can deduct it. you can only do that if you've been billed for it also some states will actually give you a discount for paying early. another incentive to do it there. >> i hear what you're saying about pre-paying property taxes if you can, but also people told me you cannot pre-pay any of your state income tax. courts roomed against that in the part and be careful if you do that. you could get audited for it. >> exactly an important dis

greg mcbride is chief financial analyst at bankrate.com, the consumer finance site. for joining us today. >> thank you, becky. happy holidays. >> happy holidays to you. we are at the end of the year, there's only a few days left. so let's start off with these tax changes. is there anything that anybody should be doing at the end of the year, tax moves that you could make now that you won't be able to make in just a few days? >> yeah, i think there are a couple action steps to take this week given the latest tax reform. if you're in a situation where you're in a high tax state and you're going to bump up into that $10,000 threshold for deducting state and local taxes in 2018, you may want to look at paying your 2018 property taxes this week, before the end of the year. get that on the 2017 taxes so you can deduct it. now you can only do that if you've actually been billed for it. also some states will actually give you a discount for paying it early. >> i hear what you're saying about prepaying your property taxes if you can. but, i've also had people tell me that you