Authors: Sandy Botkin.
Paperback, 300 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Publication Date: 2006-12-21
Edition: 2

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Lower Your Taxes-Big Time! helps you to legally and dramatically cut taxes by establishing yourself as independent contractors or businessperson-writing off everything from vacations to movies and plays, and receiving a subsidy of $5,000 or more from the IRS every year.

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�Will put thousands of dollars in your pocket every year.�-Mark Victor Hansen, Co-creator,Chicken Soup for the Soul�

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• Updated to reflect recent and upcoming changes in the U.S. tax law.
• One of the top best tax books according to Entrepreneur magazine.

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Authors: Cheri S. Hill. Diane Kennedy.
Paperback, 331 pages
Publisher: Sage International, Inc.
Publication Date: 2000-05-01
Edition: 6th

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    Inside this user-friendly manual, you will learn how to structure your business and personal assets so you can safely grow, protect, and leverage your hard-earned wealth. We teach you step-by-step what you must do if you want to: Legally protect your business and personal assets from The Three Flaming Arrows of Challenge: Income Taxes, Liability Exposure & Death Taxes; Understand the advantages and disadvantages of using "C" corps, "S" corps, Limited-Liability Companies, Limited Partnerships, Revocable and Non-Revocable Trusts to build a solid Foundation for Freedom and of course, so much more!...

Authors: Robert Green.
Hardcover, 400 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Publication Date: 2004-09-27
Edition: 1

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Taxes play an integral role in trading success, yet no book today clearly and adequately explains the tax issues that are unique to active traders and investors. The Tax Guide for Traders provides traders with practical material on how to minimize the impact taxes have on their hard-won profits.

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Written in a hands-on style that appeals to traders as opposed to accountants, it discusses the best ways to set up a trading business, key tax forms and how to use them, tax treatment for specific types of securities, what to do in case of an audit, and much more.

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Authors: Diane Kennedy.
Paperback, 336 pages
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 2004-12-20
Edition: Revised

Reviews :

    Loopholes of the Rich helps Americans from all walks of life use the same tax loopholes that the wealthy use to lower their tax bill. With this handy guide, you wont need an accountant to find quick and easy ways to pay less. And theres nothing unethical about these tax loopholes. In fact, the government wants you to take advantage of them! These tax-reducing tactics and strategies can give you the freedom to save for your familys future or for your own financial independence. Plus, youll find a handy checklist of more than 300 business deductions, real-life tax strategy examples, useful sample forms, explanations of IRS codes and rules, and much more....

Authors: Ed Slott.
Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Viking Adult
Publication Date: 2004-12-29


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    Ed Slott’s book The Retirement Savings Time Bomb . . . and How to Defuse It taught Americans how to protect their hard-earned cash from the IRS’s coffers. Now, "America’s IRA expert" (Mutual Funds Magazine) returns with a bulletproof plan for ensuring your IRA’s continued longevity, tax-favored, for generations.

In Parlay Your IRA, Ed Slott shows you how to make the most out of your retirement plan. Slott's three-step strategy cuts through the tax laws and provides simple, easy-to-follow instructions for managing your IRA and other retirement income. Learn what you can do to parlay it into a fortune during your lifetime, and what you must do now to ensure that your beneficiaries will have all the options available to capitalize on the opportunity you've created for them to keep your money growing.

Packed with strategies, tips, answers to frequently asked questions Parlay Your IRA into a Family Fortune offers real solutions to making the most of your retirement money.

Learn how to:
* Achieve unlimited tax-free income when you retire.
* Pass more assets on to loved ones and other beneficiaries
* Keep retirement assets in the family for decades, even generations, and pay minimal or no taxes
*Protect your retirement account from creditors, divorce, bankruptcy, lawsuits, or other problems that could expose it to loss
*Use a Roth IRA to build a tax-free fortune
* And much, much more
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Authors: Diane Kennedy. Janelle Elms.
Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Publication Date: 2005-11-01
Edition: 1

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    Hundreds of Deductions for eBay Sellers!

If you’re an online seller, take note: now you can reduce--or even eliminate--the taxes you pay using the insider tips in Tax Loopholes for eBay Sellers. You’ll discover hundreds of little-known, completely legal tax deductions and reporting tips that are unique to eBay and designed to benefit small business owners. Learn what the IRS is looking for when sorting out a real business from a hobby and why it matters.

You’ll get step-by-step advice on everything from setting up your business and getting a business license to creating a bookkeeping system. Use the power of eBay and the tax strategies in this book to increase your wealth, protect your assets--and lower your tax bill.

How much can you fit into your eBay tax loophole?

-Learn what the best tax-advantaged business structures are for your type of eBay business -Get the free "The 9 Steps to Business Test" to see if your business measures up against IRS guidelines -Identify and take advantage of hundreds of legal deductions for eBay business owners -Determine how often you will prepare a sales and use tax report based on volume -Set up a payroll system with the proper withholding deductions for all employees including yourself -Create an accounting system to pay bills, input transactions, record sales, keep track of PayPal fees, and balance your business checkbook...

Authors: Sandy Botkin.
Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Publication Date: 2006-10-13
Edition: 1

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IRS insider Sandy Botkin reveals the tax strategies you can use to increase your ROIs by as much as 20 percent-whether you're a home owner or a real estate investor. This accessible guide demystifies real estate taxes and shows how to achieve maximum benefit when buying, owning, selling, managing, repairing, and investing in properties.

• Features numerous forms, charts, sample documents, and other valuable tax-saving tools
• Gives you the basics on real estate taxes and shows how to take full advantage of tax loopholes

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Authors: American Bar Association.
Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Random House Reference
Publication Date: 2004-02-17
Edition: 2

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    Estate planning is for everyone who wants to protect the ones they love.

The American Bar Association Guide to Wills & Estates, Second Edition, contains everything you need to know about planning an estate, preparing a will or trust, and minimizing inheritance taxes. Organized in easy-to-follow chapters with sidebars containing tips, checklists, and key information, this book will show you how to make plans that will be carried out exactly as you wish.

The ABA Guide to Wills & Estates will help you:
• Take steps to help your family now
• Determine what to put in your estate plan
• Decide whether to prepare a will, trust, or living trust
• Avoid or reduce estate taxes
• Change your plans if the law or your circumstances change
• Transfer property without a will with substitutes such as life insurance and joint tenancy
• Understand the benefits of living gifts and life insurance
• Choose an executor and trustee
• Ensure that your will won't be contested...

Authors: Myron S. Scholes. Mark A. Wolfson. Merle M. Erickson. Edward L. Maydew. Terrence J. Shevlin.
Hardcover, 576 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Publication Date: 2004-04-09
Edition: 3

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This book takes an MBA style strategy perspective by considering the tax, accounting, and finance trade-offs involved in tax planning. Reflected in this revision are all changes in the tax code. Also covered: extensive analysis of technical tax rules applied to corporate mergers and acquisitions; explanation of accounting for income taxes; discussion on College Savings Plans (529s); up-to-date material on new tax rates on dividends and capital gains; and much more. For individuals furthering their personal or formal education of tax strategy, investment banking, corporate finance, strategy consulting, money management, or venture capital.

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Authors: Sandy Botkin.
Paperback, 250 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Publication Date: 2002-12-18
Edition: 1

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Strategies from an IRS insider for slashing taxes, maximizing legal deductions, avoiding audits, and more

Completely updated for all of the new 2005 and 2006 Tax Laws!

Through his years as an IRS tax attorney, Sandy Botkin discovered that most Americans could legally­­ and dramatically­­ cut their tax bills by establishing themselves as independent contractors or businesspersons. In Lower Your Taxes--­­Big Time!, fully updated for 2005 and 2006, Botkin explains how, outlining a straightforward program for writing off everything from family vacations to movies and plays, and receiving a subsidy of $5,000 or more from the IRS each and every year.

From tips for launching a business to strategies for audit-proofing a return, Lower Your Taxes­­--Big Time! is a gold mine of information for every frustrated taxpayer. Tax-cutting strategies include:

• How, why, and when to incorporate
• Fail-safe methods for deducting a home office and family car
• Simple but essential record-keeping tips
• Tax advantages of being a consultant,independent contractor, or independent businessperson

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