Rossi: Death and taxes - Understanding how 'step-up in basis' works. An IRS building in a file photo. It is often said the only certainties in life are death and taxes. Thanks to estate and inheritance tax, it is not uncommon for them to occur simultaneously.
Probable Causes: An engine that hesitates, stumbles or misfires when accelerating or when it is under load, is an engine that is either sucking too much air, not getting enough fuel, or misfiring. If there are no misfire codes, a common cause of acceleration stumble is a bad throttle position sensor (TPS).
Causes. Mitral regurgitation may be caused by: 1  Mitral valve prolapseâAbnormal closure of the valve with protrusion of a leaflet tip backward into the left atrium, causing it to leak. 2  Infections that cause scarring of the heart valve, such as rheumatic fever or bacterial endocarditis.