Kelley R. Taylor

With more than 20 years of experience as a corporate attorney and business journalist, Kelley R. Taylor has contributed to numerous national print and digital magazines on key issues spanning education, law, health, finance, and tax. Over the years, she has extensively covered major tax developments and changes including the "Trump tax cuts" (TCJA), pandemic-era tax changes in ARPA, the SECURE 2.0 Act, and the numerous clean energy tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act. Kelley particularly enjoys translating complex information in ways that help empower people in their daily lives and work.

Before Kiplinger, Kelley worked on the Tax Analysts' publication Tax Notes Today Federal, where she focused on partnerships, carried interest, and high-net-worth individuals. She also spent time at the New York-based finance publication The Bond Buyer, where she covered the SEC and municipal bonds. Kelley also previously covered federal tax for the global professional services firm Ernst & Young, where she specialized in tax developments involving compensation and benefits and tax-exempt organizations. Her features have regularly appeared in School Library Journal, INSIGHT into Diversity magazine, and Principal Leadership magazine, among other publications.

Kelley holds a B.A. in Psychology from William and Mary and a J.D. from Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, and she has received two national awards for publication excellence.