Jim Lange's Tax Planning Card (PDF)
Popular tax reference card used by hundreds of university professors, attorneys, judges, and masters.
Business Assets Whether or not you take a home office deduction you may be eligible to deduct the cost of office furniture and some office machines that you have begun using for business in either your home office or work office.
The tax card can only offer a rough guide to optimizing your tax strategy. For example, a quick look might make it seem like Roth IRA conversions will be advantageous, but after you take other taxes into consideration, for instance, additional premiums for Medicare Part B, the differences in capital gains taxes and qualified dividends and interest income, it may not be favorable. You can’t rely on the tax card without a much deeper analysis for Roth IRA conversions as well as many other tax planning techniques. That said, it is a great starting point.
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