America's number one bestselling tax guide offers the best balance of thoroughness, organization, and usability
For over half a century, more than 39 million Americans have turned to J.K. Lasser for easy-to-follow, expert advice and guidance on planning and filing their taxes. Written by a team of tax specialists, J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2010 includes all the outstanding features that have made this book the nation's all-time top-selling tax guide.
As an added value, you can gain direct access to dozens of bonuses through jklasser.com, including links to the latest tax forms from the IRS, up-to-the-minute tax law changes, small business help, and much more. The book of choice for today's serious taxpayer Your Income Tax 2010 contains
Over 2,500 easy-to-use tax planning tips and strategies
Easy-to-understand coverage of the year's tax law changes
Filing tips and instructions to help you prepare your 2009 return
Quick reference section that highlights what's new for 2009
Quick topic index to help pinpoint the biggest money-saving deductions
Advice for customers whose use software or CPAs to file their taxes
Filled with expert advice and guidance, J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2010 will help you plan and file your 2009 tax return in the most efficient way possible.
About this product: <p> Using the proven technique of the <i><b>Examples & Explanations</b></i> series, this comprehensive guide combines textual material with well-written examples, explanations, and questions to test student comprehension of the materials and provide them with practice in applying information to fact patterns. Thorough in its coverage, <b>Examples & Explanations: Federal Income Tax, Fifth Edition</b>, makes use of case, statutory, and regulatory analysis to provide students with a complete understanding of Federal Income Tax Law. </p> <p> <b>Special attributes of this highly regarded paperback include: </b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>Compatibility with numerous casebooks</b> – students can use this guide to supplement any tax casebook </li> <li> <b>Clarity</b> – clear and straightforward writing and logical organization style help to demystify a difficult and intimidating subject </li> <li> <b>Lucid introductions</b> that prepare students for the concepts that follow </li> <li> <b>Numerous policy questions</b> are interspersed throughout text </li> <li> <b>Sample final examinations</b> – The Exam Appendix includes eight actual law school exams with suggested answers </li> </ul> <p> <b>With updated examples and explanations and added visual aids, the Fifth Edition offers:</b> </p> <ul> <li> <b>New material on IRC amendments </b>made by recent statutes, including the Small Business and Work Opportunity Tax Act of 2007, the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, the Pension Protection Act of 2006, the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005, the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005, the Katrina Emergency Tax Relief Act of 2005, and the Energy Policy Act of 2005. </li> <li> <b>New material on recent income tax cases</b>, including Murphy, Lattera, and O’Donnabhain </li> <li> <b>Expanded coverage</b> of various topics, including the alternative minimum tax, cancellation of indebtedness income, and the tax consequences of gambling and on-line games </li> <li> <b>New material on policy topics</b>, including the federal budget outlook </li> </ul> <p> Give your students the extra explanations they need: <b>Examples & Explanations: Federal Income Tax, Fifth Edition</b>, provides an excellent supplement for any casebook and will help students understand and apply difficult concepts. </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
About this product: Purchasing tax lien instruments from city, county, and municipal governments can provide you with very high and secure rates of return, in some cases as high as 12%, 18%, 24%, or even 1,000% or more per year. If performed correctly, investments in tax lien instruments will far outpace stock market performance, even traditional real estate investments. The key is to know how to perform this process correctly. Tax lien certificates and deeds are not purchased through a broker; you purchase these property tax liens directly from the state or county government (depending on the state). This type of investment was created by state law, and state law protects you as the investor. Investing in tax liens and deeds can be very rewarding. Tax liens can be tax deferred or even tax-free. You can purchase them in your self-directed IRA. Interest rates vary but average between 4% and 18%. The interest rates are fixed by local governments, essentially a government-guaranteed loan. Additionally, the investment is secured by real property (real estate). This sounds great, but what is the catch? There really is none, except you must know what you are doing! This groundbreaking and exhaustively researched new book will provide everything you need to know to get you started on generating high-investment returns with low risk, from start to finish. You will learn what property tax liens and tax lien certificates are; how to invest in tax lien certificates; how to buy tax lien certificates; insider secrets to help you double or even triple your investment, how to start with under $1,000; the risks, traps, and pitfalls to avoid; and a detailed directory of states that sell tax lien certificates with contact information. In addition, we spent thousands of hours interviewing, e-mailing, and communicating with hundreds of today’s most successful investors. This book is a compilation of their secrets and proven successful ideas. If you are interested in learning hundreds of hints, tricks, and secrets on how to purchase tax liens and deeds and earn enormous profits, then this book is for you.
Wouldn't you love to abolish the IRS ... Keep all the money in your paycheck ... Pay taxes on what you spend, not what you earn ... And eliminate all the fraud, hassle, and waste of our current system?
Then the FairTax is for you. In the face of the outlandish American tax burden, talk-radio firebrand Neal Boortz and Congressman John Linder are leading the charge to phase out our current, unfair system and enact the FairTax Plan, replacing the federal income tax and withholding system with a simple 23 percent retail sales tax on new goods and services. This dramatic revision of the current system, which would eliminate the reviled IRS, has already caught fire in the American heartland, with more than six hundred thousand taxpayers signing on in support of the plan.
As Boortz and Linder reveal in this first book on the FairTax, this radical but eminently sensible plan would end the annual national nightmare of filing income tax returns, while at the same time enlarging the federal tax base by collecting sales tax from every retail consumer in the country. The FairTax, they argue, would transform the fearsome bureaucracy of the IRS into a more transparent, accountable, and equitable tax collection system. Among other benefits, it will:
Make America's tax code truly voluntary, without reducing revenue
Replace today's indecipherable tax code with one simple sales tax
Protect lower-income Americans by covering the tax on basic necessities
Eliminate billions of dollars in embedded taxes we don't even know we're paying
Bring offshore corporate dollars back into the U.S. economy
Endorsed by scores of leading economists and supported by a huge and growing grassroots movement, the FairTax Plan could revolutionize the way America pays for itself. In this straight-talking book, Neal Boortz and John Linder show you how it would work—and how you can help make it happen.
"Almost every American can get a raise of $3,000-$15,000 or more annually courtesy of the United States Government." -David D'Arcangelo, author of Wealth Starts at Home
"Will put thousands of dollars in your pocket every year and teach you, in clear simple steps, how to audit proof your records from the IRS forever." -Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator, #1 New York Times best-selling series Chicken Soup for the Soul®
The classic tax-relief guide--updated to help you save more than ever!
The amount Americans pay in taxes exceeds all other expenses combined. And with the economic downturn taking its toll on small businesses around the country, taxes are a greater financial burden than ever before. Lower Your Taxes-Big Time, 2009-2010 shows consultants, business owners, and contractors how to slash their tax bills by thousands.
Written by Sandy Botkin, CPA and former attorney for the IRS, this informative and engaging book explains how to
Get a yearly subsidy of $5,000 or more back from the IRS
Properly document your business deductions
Avoid any future audits by the IRS
Deduct the equivalent of your child's education, braces, or wedding
Take advantage of tax-free fringe benefits available to small businesses
About this product: The only book on tax deductions specifically for residential landlords!
Named a "Top 10 Real Estate Book" by Robert Bruss, syndicated real estate columnist
If you own rental property, you should be taking advantage of the many tax write-offs available. Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide gives residential landlords the plain-English guide they need to save money on taxes -- without the services of a pricey accounting firm.
This book explains how to maximize your deductions without drawing the ire of the IRS. Find out how to:
fill out IRS Schedule E
take real estate tax credits
figure out if an expense is a repair (deductible) or an improvement (depreciable)
maximize your depreciation deductions
deduct losses arising from real estate ownership
keep proper tax records
deduct home office, travel, and casualty losses
Every Landlord's Tax Deduction Guide is comprehensive yet easy to read and provides interesting real-world examples. The 6th edition is completely updated for 2009 returns and reflects the latest tax information and numbers.
About this product: The one-stop tax guide for the first-time or last-minute filer
Updated and revised for the 2008 tax year, Taxes 2009 For Dummies is the only tax guide on the market that walks readers through the major tax forms line by line, including the 1040 Schedules A through E. Filled with helpful tips and strategies for filing income tax returns accurately and on time, this book is aimed at individuals who want to do their own taxes without hiring a preparer. Financial expert Eric Tyson teams up with tax experts Margaret Munro and David Silverman to answer the most frequently asked tax questions in plain English.
About this product: Profit by Investing in Real Estate Tax Liens introduces an investment alternative that is safe, secured by real estate, administered by the government, involves no brokers, is enforced by state law, and gives fixed returns.
Selling tax liens or tax deeds (depending on the state) are the two ways that counties across the country bring delinquent property taxes up-to-date. This investment is one of the least publicized and safest ways of investing in real estate, designed to give the investor either a fixed return, as in the case of investing in tax liens, or a property for 10 to 50 cents on the dollar, as in the case of a tax deed sale. In most situations, the property is ultimately transferred free of any liens, such as mortgages.
Profit by Investing in Real Estate Tax Liens also debunks the common myth that tax delinquent properties are run-down and shows that liens exist on every type of property. Author Larry Loftis, an attorney and active investor, has purchased liens on properties owned by Julius ""Dr. J"" Erving, Hector ""Macho"" Camacho (world champion boxer), Chase Manhattan Bank, LaSalle National Bank, and even a building whose major tenant was the local sheriff's department!
In this authoritative guide, Loftis helps investors avoid the pitfalls while answering all the key questions they need to consider:
* What's the difference between investing in tax liens and tax deeds?
* How does an investor go about bidding at tax sales? And what is the process?
* What are the different requirements in each state?
* Where are the greatest risks in this kind of real estate investing?
For investors eager to get started, Loftis's action plan provides details on the next steps to take, while real-life examples in every chapter bring the concepts down to earth.
The Second Edition is updated and revised including:
*A new section on using the internet to purchase liens across the country.
*New and updated information for tax and other laws affecting the purchasing of tax liens.
The tax facts and strategies that every small business owner needs to know
Written in a straightforward and accessible style, this reliable resource offers a complete overview of small business tax planning and provides you with the information needed to make tax-smart decisions throughout the year.
Focusing on strategies that help you use deductions and tax credits effectively, shield business income, and maximize other aspects of small business taxes, this practical guide will show you how your actions in business today can affect your bottom line from a tax perspective tomorrow.
Includes detailed coverage of the newest tax laws and IRS rules
Reveals strategies that can help you run a tax-smart business all year long
Contains comprehensive information on each deductible expense, including dollar limits and record-keeping requirements
Offers clear instructions on where to report income and claim deductions on your tax forms
Provides help with state taxes and a guide to information returns you may need to file
Other titles by Weltman: J.K. Lasser's 1001 Deductions & Tax Breaks 2010
Owning a small business is a big responsibility. While many small business owners seek to improve their bottom line, few realize all the ways that both current and new tax laws can help them do so. With J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2010, you'll quickly discover how.
About this product: The essential tax-strategy book for entrepreneurs who call themselves "boss."
Named a "Best Tax Book" by Entrepreneur magazine
Develop the best tax plan for your small business, learn the ins and outs of the tax code and create comprehensive strategies to get back the most from the IRS. Understanding the tax system is vital to the health of every small business. Virtually every decision a business makes has tax consequences that can affect its bottom line -- and the IRS is always watching.
Tax Savvy for Small Business provides essential information that will free up your time and money for what counts -- running your business effectively. It explains how to:
deduct current and capitalized expenses
write off up to $108,000 of long-term assets each year
compare different business structures
take advantage of fringe benefits
keep records that will head off trouble with the IRS
get tax breaks from business losses
deal with payroll taxes
negotiate payment plans for late taxes
handle an audit
get IRS penalties and interest reduced
maximize retirement funds
use retirement funds as a tax break
The 13th edition of Tax Savvy for Small Business is completely updated and provides the latest tax breaks, rules, forms and publications. You'll also find a list of the top 25 business deductions - the best deductions to take and how to claim them, trouble-free. (20080315)
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