4 Simple Steps To Reduce Your Taxes In 2006
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4 Simple Steps to Reduce Your Taxes in 2006
Summary
Feeling overwhelmed by tax season? Here are four easy steps for small business owners to lower their tax bill this year.
Step #1: Understand Your Tax Situation
Do you know exactly how much you're paying in taxes? Here's a snapshot of average family spending by category, based on income:
- Taxes: 32.0%
- Housing: 16.7%
- Medical Care: 11.5%
- Food: 8.2%
- Transportation: 7.9%
- Recreation: 5.7%
- Clothing: 4.1%
- Savings: 1.4%
- Miscellaneous: 12.5%
You’re likely spending more on taxes than on food, clothing, and housing combined. Remember, this includes federal, state, local, payroll, sales, excise, and property taxes. If you feel you’re paying too much, you’re not alone.
Step #2: Change Your Attitude Toward Taxes
To make a change, adopt a mindset that enough is enough. If the numbers above frustrate you, that's a starting point. Recognize the problem before you tackle it.
Grab last year’s Form 1040 and focus on Line 62 ?" your TOTAL TAX. This is the amount you need to work on reducing, not the refund or balance due.
Step #3: Realize the Wealth-Building Potential
Reducing your taxes by just $4,000 annually can significantly impact your financial future. How? By investing that saved amount over 30 years at an 11.5% return, you could accumulate $1,048,745.98.
Even saving $2,000 per year could grow to $524,372.99. This is money that would have gone to taxes, now working for your retirement.
Step #4: Learn Tax-Saving Strategies
It doesn’t take much knowledge to save significantly on taxes. Valuable information is readily available online, at libraries, or through tax professionals. Dedicate an hour a week over the next 10 weeks to explore tax-reduction strategies.
Discovering just two or three effective strategies can save you $1,000 or more annually. Investing 10 hours of your time could effectively pay you $1,000.
Start today, and take charge of your tax planning with these simple steps.
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