How FatFire Content Is Produced
FatFire exists to give people pursuing financial independence at a high standard of living accurate, current, and genuinely useful answers. Financial content carries real consequences when it is wrong, so every article on this site is held to the standards below.
What are FatFire's sourcing standards?
Every factual claim in a FatFire article traces to a primary source: IRS revenue procedures and publications, state revenue department guidance, federal statutes, CMS fact sheets, fund prospectuses, or the original academic research. Where a figure is time-sensitive, the article names the tax year or effective date it applies to. We link the source inline where a specific figure appears, and every article carries a sources section.
Secondary commentary is used only for context and attributed as such. If a claim cannot be verified against a primary source, it does not ship.
How is content reviewed before publication?
Articles go through a separate verification pass before publication: a reviewer independent of the original draft re-checks numbers against the cited sources, recomputes worked examples by hand, and confirms that every internal and external link resolves to what the text says it does. Claims that fail verification are corrected or removed.
We update articles when the law changes. Recent examples include the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's permanent $15 million estate exemption, South Carolina's 2026 income tax restructuring, and Medicare's 2026 IRMAA thresholds, all of which made older coverage across the web obsolete.
What happens when we get something wrong?
We fix it, at the article, with the correction visible. Our corrections policy covers how to report an error and what we do when one is confirmed. Reader corrections are welcome at hello@fatfire.com; a real person reads that inbox.
What FatFire content is not
FatFire is an information and community platform, not a financial advisor, broker-dealer, tax preparer, or law firm. Articles explain how rules work and where the tradeoffs are; they are not individualized advice. For decisions involving material amounts of money, the articles themselves will tell you when a CPA, estate attorney, or fiduciary advisor is the right next step. Full details in our disclaimer.
Who is behind FatFire?
FatFire's editorial voice is Lee Anderson, who covers tax strategy, estate planning, retirement planning, and wealth management for the FatFIRE audience. The platform itself, including membership and community features, is described on our about page.