Lower Your Taxes – Increase Tax Deductions 2010
Here comes the end of the year! (Yikes, already?) As 2010 draws to a close, it is time for the annual publishing of the end of year tax tips articles. Or, for the mainstream media, it’s time to re-publish pretty much the same thing that was published last year, rehashing the same old annual tax savings strategies. I thought we’d go ahead and get a jump on them (Isn’t that what good personal finance blogs are for?) by pre-posting all of the standard, run of the mill, year-end tax tips before Thanksgiving. Of course, if you are serious about tax planning, you’ve already done all of this and more. Don’t worry, we’ll be publishing new, little-known, tax tips and end of year tax tricks for 2010 soon. Here they are the Common 10 Tax Reduction Strategies for 2010 (and 2011, 2012, 2013, etc…) Donate To Charity – Definitely a good write off for high-income taxpayers and everyone else. Of course, the only tax deduction more well known than donating to charity is deducting mortgage interest on your home. Deduct Your Medical Bills – This is wasteful advice for most taxpayers. The medical expenses deduction only applies to medical and dental …