What the new $6,000 senior deduction means for South Carolinians age 65 and older in 2026

By Mike Switzer

Published June 16, 2026 at 6:30 AM EDT

Jeremy Finger, certified financial planner with Riverbend Wealth Management in Myrtle Beach, SC

Last year’s tax law changes included a big new deduction for seniors. Our next guest is going to tell us what that means for this tax year and how to prepare before you file next year. Mike Switzer interviews Jeremy Finger, a certified financial planner with Riverbend Wealth Management in Myrtle Beach, SC.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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