Make Your Life Tax Deductible: Easy Techniques to Reduce Your Taxes and Start Building Wealth Immediately

by Meier, David

• ISBN13: 9780071467629
• ISBN10: 0071467629
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-01-10
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

With the increasingly complicated tax laws, small business owners want information on how to take every possible deduction Provides more than 150 deduction strategies in an accessible format, with simple instructions on how to incorporate them into business strategies Through his speaking, Meier provides smart tax strategies to thousands of small business owners each year throughout the country

Author Biography

David W. Meier a tax specialist for Dynetech Corporation as well as the founder of the Meier Institute, a small business tax and consulting group, is the tax columnist for Entrepreneur.com.

Table of Contents

Table of Tax Strategies	ix
Acknowledgments	xxi
Introduction. How to Make Your Life Tax Deductible	1	(10)
Part 1 Your Form of Organization	11	(44)
Sole Proprietorship	21	(3)
Partnership	24	(3)
Limited Partnership	27	(4)
One-Member Limited Liability Company (LLC-1)	31	(3)
Multiple-Member Limited Liability Company (LLC)	34	(4)
S Corporation	38	(3)
C Corporation	41	(4)
Limited Partnership Plus C Corporation	45	(4)
Limited Liability Company (LLC) Plus C Corporation	49	(6)
Part 2 Your Persona	55	(50)
Your Home	57	(5)
Your Car	62	(10)
Your Equipment	72	(6)
Your Travel and Entertainment	78	(10)
Your Family and Yourself	88	(8)
Your Strategic Issues	96	(9)
Part 3 Your Retirement	105	(98)
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)	127	(4)
Traditional IRA	131	(6)
Roth IRA	137	(5)
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (SIMPLE) IRA	142	(9)
Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRA	151	(7)
Qualified Defined Contribution Retirement Plans	158	(29)
Qualified Defined Benefit Retirement Plans	187	(16)
Index	203