The Truth About Paying Fewer Taxes - Softcover

Bell, S. Kay

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9780137153862: The Truth About Paying Fewer Taxes

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ISBN 10: 0137153864 ISBN 13: 9780137153862

Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 2009

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All you need to know about cutting your taxes...this year and every year!

The truth about maximizing all your legal deductions and credits
The truth about smart tax planning for today and for the long term
The truth about avoiding IRS audits and costly tax penalties

Simply the best thinking

THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

This book reveals 52 PROVEN bite-size, easy tax savings techniques that work.

“Kay Bell’s blog aims to provide tax and personal-finance tips and advice that will put more money in your bank account, not the government treasury.”

The Wall Street Journal

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All you need to know about cutting your taxes...this year and every year! *The truth about maximizing all your legal deductions and credits*The truth about smart tax planning for today and for the long term*The truth about avoiding IRS audits and today's worst tax scams Simply the best thinking THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH This book reveals 52 proven, bite-size, easy tax savings techniques that work.Introduction vii Part I: The Truth About Filing Requirements Truth 1: Not everyone has to file 1 Truth 2: Figuring out your filing status 5 Truth 3: Filling out the right form 9 Truth 4: Meeting filing deadlines 13 Part II: The Truth About Taxable Income Truth 5: Determining what's taxable 17 Truth 6: Earned versus unearned income 21 Truth 7: The alternative minimum tax 25 Truth 8: Our progressive tax system 29 Part III: The Truth About Credits and Deductions Truth 9: Why credits are better 33 Truth 10: Standard versus itemized deductions 39 Truth 11: Dealing with deduction limitations 43 Truth 12: Maximizing charitable deductions 47 Truth 13: Deducting without itemizing 51 Part IV: The Truth About Taxes and Your Family Truth 14: Marriage and taxes 55 Truth 15: Innocent and injured spouse issues 59 Truth 16: Tax implications of divorce 63 Truth 17: Claiming exemptions and dependents 67 Truth 18: Adoption assistance 71 Truth 19: Child and additional child tax credits 75 Truth 20: Tax help in caring for your kids (and others) 79 Truth 21: Tax-favored college savings options 83 Truth 22: When a child has to file 87 Truth 23: Taking tax-smart care of a parent 91 Part V: The Truth About Taxes and Your Employment Truth 24: Getting your withholding right 95 Truth 25: Tax-favored employer-provided benefits 99 Truth 26: Recouping employee business expenses 103 Truth 27: Writing off job-hunting costs 107 Truth 28: Tax help in paying work-related moving costs 111 Truth 29: Self-employment tax considerations 115 Part VI: The Truth About Taxes and Your Home Truth 30: Mortgage interest deduction 119 Truth 31: Writing off your property taxes 123 Truth 32: Increasing your home's tax basis 127 Truth 33: Home-sale tax exclusion 131 Part VII: The Truth About Investment Taxes Truth 34: Capital gains rules and rates 135 Truth 35: How bad investments can pay off 139 Truth 36: Reporting investment income 143 Truth 37: Wash sale rules 147 Truth 38: Accounting for the kiddie tax 151 Part VIII: The Truth About Retirement Taxes Truth 39: Individual retirement accounts 155 Truth 40: Company retirement plans 159 Truth 41: Retirement saver's credit 163 Truth 42: Retirement plan rollovers 167 Truth 43: Taxable Social Security benefits 171 Truth 44: Required minimum distributions 175 Truth 45: Estate taxes, or leaving it to your heirs, not the IRS 179 Part IX: The Truth About Tax Compliance Truth 46: The trouble with tax protests 183 Truth 47: Payment options 187 Truth 48: Tax penalties 191 Part X: The Truth About Audits Truth 49: Minimizing audit risks 195 Truth 50: Preparing for an audit 199 Part XI: The Truth About Special Tax Situations Truth 51: Taxpayers abroad and military filers 203 Truth 52: Tax help in disastrous times 207 Epilogue 211 About the Author 212

About the Author:

S. Kay Bell has been writing about taxes for a decade, but following the subject–as a taxpayer, journalist, Congressional staff member, and government relations specialist–for most of her journalism career. After two decades in Washington, DC, including stints on Capitol Hill and with two major multinational corporations, she helped launch the tax channel at the popular personal finance website, Bankrate.com. She still writes for Bankrate, including the site’s tax blog, Eye on the IRS.

In addition, Bell posts daily at her own personal finance blog, Don’t Mess with Taxes, where The Wall Street Journal praised her ability to effectively put her personal finance advice in a social or historical context. Her writing also appears in numerous mass-circulation publications and websites, including USAToday.com, TheStreet.com, MarketWatch.com, and AOL.com, and she is regularly interviewed by media outlets ranging from National Public Radio’s “Marketplace” to Yahoo’s “Generation Debt.”

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