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     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

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