Not exact matches
Besides earning
less money, the best way to pay
little to no
taxes is to make your
income equal your itemized deductions.
Since you can not get rid of state
income taxes, or real estate
taxes, reducing your other
tax deductions (you can't pay off your
little children so mortgage interest will have to do) will «save» (i.e. cause your AMT burden to be
less) you money.
This way, there is a
little redundancy build in, making it
less likely that we're going to need to pay
taxes as a result of investment
income.
If you started in July and you have 13 more pays left in the year, you'd set aside around $ 75 per paycheck (if paid every two weeks) and your
income will be reduced by a
little less than that, since the money you deferred isn't
taxed.
With lower
income tax, and no savings our current living expenses would only be around $ 35,000 / year, not to mention with one of us dead we could probably buy a
little less milk & bread
In other words, an individual who thinks he / she is in the 33 % bracket, but is actually facing a 35.2 % rate (thanks to the impact of PEP and Pease), would simply plan accordingly —
tax deferral becomes a
little more valuable, effective asset location matters a bit more, using an annuity for
tax deferral is a
little more appealing, and
income - acceleration events like Roth conversions become somewhat
less appealing.