Best Personal Taxes
You could try reading all 2,728 rules of the Social Security system (and the thousands of explanations of these rules), but academia’s Kotlikoff, the popular press’s Moeller, and public television’s Solman explain the Social Security system just as comprehensively, and a lot more comprehensibly. Changes to Social Security that take effect in 2016 make it more important than ever to wait as long as possible (until age 70, if possible) to claim Social Security benefits. The new law also has significant implications for those who wish to claim divorced spousal benefits (and how many Social Security recipients even know about divorced spousal benefits?). “Getting smart about Social Security can put tens of thousands of extra dollars in your pocket. The book translates—into often entertaining English—the many convoluted rules that make up the Social Security program. By doing it right, you can add hundreds of thousands of dollars to your lifetime income and leave more money for your spouse as well. Given that there are 2,728 core rules and thousands more supplements to them according to the authors, it pays, literally, to seek out a guide.” (Ron Leiber The New York Times). Smartly written by an all star, financial expert dream team, the engaging, down to earth prose makes Get What’s Yours the definitive guide to maximizing what is, for many, the most important retirement asset by far. From determining the best age to claim (hint: it’s not what you’ve been told) to figuring out the intricacies of spousal benefits to avoiding the ‘gotchas’ that can reduce your checks, this must read guide is truly that. Journalist Philip Moeller writes about retirement for Money and authors the Ask Phil Medicare column for PBS. He also is a Research Fellow at the Center on Aging & Work at Boston College and the founder of Insure.com, a leading site for insurance information.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Given the choice of learning 3000 pages of Social Security law and tens of thousands of regulations, or having two front teeth pulled without anesthetic, most would choose the latter, if only because it's over quicker. Worse, Social Security is now up to three million requests every week, but Congress keeps cutting back budget, staff, hours and whole offices. Combine that with the complexity factor, and the authors conclude you cannot trust what Social Security advises. As an aside, there is an annual survey that always says the same thing: nearly 50% of Americans couldn't raise an emergency $2500 in 30 days, not from savings or even from friends and family."
"Through simple charts, the authors point out that millions of Americans are making a BIG MISTAKE by claiming benefits too early. I have always been confused about what the rules were for Social Security benefits. Besides explanation on spousal benefits, there are also chapters to cover special situations, such as parent benefits. I found the most valuable chapters the "Secrets" chapters: Chapter 16, "50 Good News Secrets to Higher Lifetime Benefits," and Chapter 17, "25 Bad News Gotchas that can Reduce Your Benefits Forever." The authors point out that Social Security employees are officially encouraged to sign you up and get your signature whenever you come in to an office and inquire about filing for benefits. In other words, they point out, the Social Security department itself is not really the right place to go for objective answers on how to get the most benefits."
The nation's most trusted tax guide, updated for your 2017 returns J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2018 is the nation's most trusted tax guide, updated to help you prepare your 2017 return. Learn how the latest changes from the IRS affect your return Get trusted advice for maximizing deductions and sheltering income Navigate the many IRS forms with step-by-step guidance Start planning now to streamline next year's filing. For over 75 years, more than 39 million Americans have trusted J.K. Lasser to help them save money at tax time. J.K. Lasser can save you MORE money!Visit www.jklasser.com today for: 365-day-a-year tax news, advice, and guidance Ask J.K. Lasser! Easy-to-Use Format Explains Complex Tax Laws. FILING TIPS and FILING INSTRUCTIONS help you prepare your 2017 return PLANNING REMINDERS highlight year-end tax strategies for 2017 and planning opportunities for 2018 and later years CAUTIONS point out potential pitfalls to avoid and areas where you might expect IRS opposition LAW ALERTS indicate recent changes in the tax law and pending legislation before Congress COURT DECISIONS highlight key rulings from the Tax Court and other federal courts IRS ALERTS highlight key rulings and announcements from the IRS. 5 Traditional & Roth IRAs Chap. 24 Personal tax credits Chap. Strategies to Save You Taxes (Chaps. 30 Tax credits for education Chap. 33 Armed forces rules Chap. Planning Ideas for Your Business (Chaps. Home office deduction Chap.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I have moderately complex returns but always do them myself with the assistance of a computerized tax preparation program: I believe that I better understand tax law and rules by doing my own returns, although the experience is often very trying. I find it particularly helpful in determining the eligibility and legality of deductions and depreciation, as the IRS rules can be particularly bewildering in those areas sometimes."
"I have been purchasing the annual J.K.Lasser's guides for many years and I always find them very helpful to clarify issues ans I prepare our tax returns."
"Everyone should have an annual copy to do taxes !"
"I don't read it cover to cover, but I do review areas that affect me as my life and finances change."
"Been using this publication for a very long time."
"i do not like it on kindle, had to order the book."
"Always the best for doing taxes."
3 Tax-Free Wealth: How to Build Massive Wealth by Permanently Lowering Your Taxes (Rich Dad Advisors)
Eventually, you may even be able to legally eliminate your income taxes and drastically reduce your other taxes. The Rich Dad Advisor series is the comprehensive, 'how-to' companion series to Robert Kiyosaki's international blockbuster Rich Dad Poor Dad which is recognized as the #1 Personal Finance book of all time.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"You say yes and they say: "Get ready, it's the best secret ever!""
"So much to be learned from this book."
"With good tax planning, any business owner/investor can devote his/her time on focusing on their passion and make money doing so!"
"Best book in this series in my opinion."
"great book on Tax and the author is spot on how the government wants us to spend the money."
"I bought the audio book and the hardcopy."
"Super pleased with Tom Wheelright's strategies and philosophy."
Best Tax Law
The nation's most trusted tax guide, updated for your 2017 returns J.K. Lasser's Your Income Tax 2018 is the nation's most trusted tax guide, updated to help you prepare your 2017 return. Learn how the latest changes from the IRS affect your return Get trusted advice for maximizing deductions and sheltering income Navigate the many IRS forms with step-by-step guidance Start planning now to streamline next year's filing. For over 75 years, more than 39 million Americans have trusted J.K. Lasser to help them save money at tax time. J.K. Lasser can save you MORE money!Visit www.jklasser.com today for: 365-day-a-year tax news, advice, and guidance Ask J.K. Lasser! Easy-to-Use Format Explains Complex Tax Laws. FILING TIPS and FILING INSTRUCTIONS help you prepare your 2017 return PLANNING REMINDERS highlight year-end tax strategies for 2017 and planning opportunities for 2018 and later years CAUTIONS point out potential pitfalls to avoid and areas where you might expect IRS opposition LAW ALERTS indicate recent changes in the tax law and pending legislation before Congress COURT DECISIONS highlight key rulings from the Tax Court and other federal courts IRS ALERTS highlight key rulings and announcements from the IRS. 5 Traditional & Roth IRAs Chap. 24 Personal tax credits Chap. Strategies to Save You Taxes (Chaps. 30 Tax credits for education Chap. 33 Armed forces rules Chap. Planning Ideas for Your Business (Chaps. Home office deduction Chap.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I don't read it cover to cover, but I do review areas that affect me as my life and finances change."
"i do not like it on kindle, had to order the book."
"I buy this book and Turbo Tax every year."
"Just a super guide for the do-it-yourself-tax preparer!"
"...Easy to find what you need... >That said: remember, it's trying to make the tax code simple and that is impossible."
Best Social Security
You could try reading all 2,728 rules of the Social Security system (and the thousands of explanations of these rules), but academia’s Kotlikoff, the popular press’s Moeller, and public television’s Solman explain the Social Security system just as comprehensively, and a lot more comprehensibly. Changes to Social Security that take effect in 2016 make it more important than ever to wait as long as possible (until age 70, if possible) to claim Social Security benefits. The new law also has significant implications for those who wish to claim divorced spousal benefits (and how many Social Security recipients even know about divorced spousal benefits?). “Getting smart about Social Security can put tens of thousands of extra dollars in your pocket. The book translates—into often entertaining English—the many convoluted rules that make up the Social Security program. By doing it right, you can add hundreds of thousands of dollars to your lifetime income and leave more money for your spouse as well. Given that there are 2,728 core rules and thousands more supplements to them according to the authors, it pays, literally, to seek out a guide.” (Ron Leiber The New York Times). Smartly written by an all star, financial expert dream team, the engaging, down to earth prose makes Get What’s Yours the definitive guide to maximizing what is, for many, the most important retirement asset by far. From determining the best age to claim (hint: it’s not what you’ve been told) to figuring out the intricacies of spousal benefits to avoiding the ‘gotchas’ that can reduce your checks, this must read guide is truly that. Journalist Philip Moeller writes about retirement for Money and authors the Ask Phil Medicare column for PBS. He also is a Research Fellow at the Center on Aging & Work at Boston College and the founder of Insure.com, a leading site for insurance information.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Given the choice of learning 3000 pages of Social Security law and tens of thousands of regulations, or having two front teeth pulled without anesthetic, most would choose the latter, if only because it's over quicker. Worse, Social Security is now up to three million requests every week, but Congress keeps cutting back budget, staff, hours and whole offices. Combine that with the complexity factor, and the authors conclude you cannot trust what Social Security advises. As an aside, there is an annual survey that always says the same thing: nearly 50% of Americans couldn't raise an emergency $2500 in 30 days, not from savings or even from friends and family."
"Through simple charts, the authors point out that millions of Americans are making a BIG MISTAKE by claiming benefits too early. I have always been confused about what the rules were for Social Security benefits. Besides explanation on spousal benefits, there are also chapters to cover special situations, such as parent benefits. I found the most valuable chapters the "Secrets" chapters: Chapter 16, "50 Good News Secrets to Higher Lifetime Benefits," and Chapter 17, "25 Bad News Gotchas that can Reduce Your Benefits Forever." The authors point out that Social Security employees are officially encouraged to sign you up and get your signature whenever you come in to an office and inquire about filing for benefits. In other words, they point out, the Social Security department itself is not really the right place to go for objective answers on how to get the most benefits."
Best International Taxes
Introduction to United States International Taxation, Sixth Edition, presents the basic principles and rules of the United States international tax system in brief and manageable form.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I could've paid the $70 for this book instead of course credits and I still learned more out of this book."
Best Corporate Taxes
New York Times bestelling author T. R. Reid travels around the world to solve the urgent problem of America's failing tax code, unravelling a complex topic in plain English - and telling a rollicking story along the way. Crammed with loopholes and special interest provisions, it works for no one except tax lawyers, accountants, and huge corporations. Successful American companies like Apple, Caterpillar, and Google effectively pay no tax at all in some instances because of loopholes that allow them to move profits offshore. Never talking down or reflexively siding with either wing of politics, T. R. Reid presses the case for sensible root-and-branch reforms with a companionable ebullience. His eye for the telling detail is sharp… Those unfamiliar with economics, accounting or tax law will be better able to understand these subjects by reading “A Fine Mess.”… With enough readers, Reid might even help us to initiate real tax reform by replacing a tax code so complex it includes the anti-complexity rule in Section 7803(c)(2)(B).”— David Cay Johnston, The New York Times Book Review “A fun book on taxes. Throughout his well-reported, clearly written exposé of United States tax policy, [Reid] reveals the follies of the concept of American exceptionalism and the misguided pride of presidents, members of Congress, and Internal Revenue Service commissioners….Though Reid's topic may be anathema to many readers, he makes it relentlessly revelatory and simple to understand.” — Kirkus Reviews [starred].
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"To help us prepare, Reid has written A Fine Mess, an interesting and informative look at our own tax system and tax systems of other developed countries around the world, from Austria to New Zealand. We can read of the elaborate tax evasion schemes used by large corporations, like “inversions”, and get outraged at special provisions like “carried interest” whereby brokers who invest other people’s money can treat their own compensation as capital gains rather than ordinary income, thereby allowing Warren Buffet to pay a lower tax rate than his secretary. Most of his recommendations are no-brainers like retaining a progressive tax rate system, reducing complexity, and eliminating special provisions that benefit some small favored company or group."
"Reid is certainly right in arguing that a major reason for our "fine mess" is the way we go about making public policy in a presidential/congressional system which makes it hard for us to do anything quickly or coherently, even when we aren't as divided as we are today--a point he also made in his book on health care. As a comparative political scientist, he is mentioned in my textbook for his books on Confucianism, the EU, and health care."
"READ THIS BOOK!!! Bottom line it is congress who makes out misery."
"Everyone needs to read this book."
"I like Reid's book, as it reveals taxes in a way that most people can understand."
"It drives me nuts when politicians say that people need "to pay their fair share". A 5th grade education in math suggests that this is not possible... someone has to pay more if the government is going to bring in more money."
Best Small Business Taxes
New York Times bestelling author T. R. Reid travels around the world to solve the urgent problem of America's failing tax code, unravelling a complex topic in plain English - and telling a rollicking story along the way. Crammed with loopholes and special interest provisions, it works for no one except tax lawyers, accountants, and huge corporations. Successful American companies like Apple, Caterpillar, and Google effectively pay no tax at all in some instances because of loopholes that allow them to move profits offshore. Never talking down or reflexively siding with either wing of politics, T. R. Reid presses the case for sensible root-and-branch reforms with a companionable ebullience. His eye for the telling detail is sharp… Those unfamiliar with economics, accounting or tax law will be better able to understand these subjects by reading “A Fine Mess.”… With enough readers, Reid might even help us to initiate real tax reform by replacing a tax code so complex it includes the anti-complexity rule in Section 7803(c)(2)(B).”— David Cay Johnston, The New York Times Book Review “A fun book on taxes. Throughout his well-reported, clearly written exposé of United States tax policy, [Reid] reveals the follies of the concept of American exceptionalism and the misguided pride of presidents, members of Congress, and Internal Revenue Service commissioners….Though Reid's topic may be anathema to many readers, he makes it relentlessly revelatory and simple to understand.” — Kirkus Reviews [starred].
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"To help us prepare, Reid has written A Fine Mess, an interesting and informative look at our own tax system and tax systems of other developed countries around the world, from Austria to New Zealand. We can read of the elaborate tax evasion schemes used by large corporations, like “inversions”, and get outraged at special provisions like “carried interest” whereby brokers who invest other people’s money can treat their own compensation as capital gains rather than ordinary income, thereby allowing Warren Buffet to pay a lower tax rate than his secretary. Most of his recommendations are no-brainers like retaining a progressive tax rate system, reducing complexity, and eliminating special provisions that benefit some small favored company or group."
"Reid is certainly right in arguing that a major reason for our "fine mess" is the way we go about making public policy in a presidential/congressional system which makes it hard for us to do anything quickly or coherently, even when we aren't as divided as we are today--a point he also made in his book on health care. As a comparative political scientist, he is mentioned in my textbook for his books on Confucianism, the EU, and health care."
"READ THIS BOOK!!! Bottom line it is congress who makes out misery."
"Everyone needs to read this book."
"I like Reid's book, as it reveals taxes in a way that most people can understand."
"It drives me nuts when politicians say that people need "to pay their fair share". A 5th grade education in math suggests that this is not possible... someone has to pay more if the government is going to bring in more money."