Tax Power for the Self-Employed: Straightforward Advice from an Expert - Softcover

James O. Parker

9781572484573: Tax Power for the Self-Employed: Straightforward Advice from an Expert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572484578 ISBN 13: 9781572484573

Publisher: Sphinx Publishing, 2004

Tax Power for the Self-Employed gives you the indispensable tools to take the money you make from your business, side job or favorite hobby and meet the demands of the IRS. Learn exactly what you need to do to qualify for more deductions, to maximize more credits and to start saving money-today!

Checklists for All Your Questions
Everything you need is provided in useful checklists for immediate access.

Red Flag Alerts
Avoid audits, keep on top of current tax laws and stay out of trouble.

Professional Advice
Let a tax law expert with over twenty-five years of experience be your personal advisor.

Money Savers
Make smart decisions to maximize your deductions, credits and exemptions that will save you money.

Filing Tips
See exactly what you need to fulfill your duties to the IRS.

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From the Back Cover:

Maximize Your Deductions&
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Tax Power for the Self-Employed gives you the indispensable tools to take the money you make from your business, side job or favorite hobby and meet the demands of the IRS. Learn exactly what you need to do to qualify for more deductions, to maximize more credits and to start saving money-today!&
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Checklists for All Your Questions:&
Everything you need is provided in useful checklists for immediate access.&
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Red Flag Alerts:&
Avoid audits, keep on top of current tax laws and stay out of trouble.&
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Professional Advice: &
Let a tax law expert with over twenty-five years of experience be your personal advisor.&
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Money Savers: &
Make smart decisions to maximize your deductions, credits and exemptions that will save you money.&
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Filing Tips:&
See exactly what you need to fulfill your duties to the IRS.&
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Covers In Detail:&
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--Activities considered hobbies, not self-employment&
--Home office expense deduction&
--Non-business deductions available to the self-employed&
--Business expenses such as depreciation, automobiles, meals and start-up expenditures&
--Income excluded from taxation&
--Differences between employees and self-employed independent contractors&
--Schedule C&
--Retirement planning for the self-employed&
--Duty to make estimated tax payments and file appropriate returns&
--Alternative minimum tax calculations&
--Tax law compliance by the self-employed&

About the Author:

James O. Parker has repeatedly encountered clients who were somewhat bewildered by our country's tax laws, having been a practicing attorney for over twenty-five years. Calling upon his twenty-nine years as an educator at Christian Brothers University in Memphis Tennessee and being a small business owner himself for over forty years, he set out to take some of the mystery out of the tax code. His first book, Tax Smarts for Small Business, was written with the over seven million owners of small businesses in the U.S. who operate through formal business entities in mind. His latest effort, Tax Power for the Self-Employed, was written to offer tax guidance to self-employed individuals, a group that now exceeds fifteen million in the U.S.
A former U.S. Marine and community advocate, he possesses both a Masters of Arts in Economics and J.D. from the University of Memphis, as well as an LL.M. from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
A frequent speaker on tax topics, business succession planning, and small business development, he continues to advise others on the importance of tax planning.
Mr. Parker lives with his wife, Linda, in Germantown, Tennessee.

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