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Insurance Tax Loan Investment Schedules

At some point when you're wading through your tax return for the umpteenth time looking for
ways to trim your tax bill, you are likely to hear a tiny internal voice whispering that maybe,
just maybe, it's time to get a little more aggressive. Why not claim your gym membership and
magazine subscriptions as business expenses? (After all, you have to be fit and well-informed
to perform your job.) Why not write off that European vacation as a research trip? (It certainly
gave you insight into emerging trends in French wines and German beer.) Why not indulge in
some of the fancy manoeuvres that the truly rich use to reduce their taxes?

The answer is that the taxman is a tough opponent. Despite what you may think, there are no
gaping easy-to-use loopholes that you can use to make your taxes magically shrink. In fact,
the system is designed to leave most salary-earning middle-income families with very little
discretion when it comes to toting up their tax bill. Gym memberships, magazine subscriptions
and European vacations definitely fall into the prove-it category. Unless you're successfully
self-employed and able to demonstrate that such expenses are an integral part of your
business, the taxman isn't going to be impressed.

Does that mean you just have to sit back and take whatever the tax authorities decide to dish
out? Not at all. If you truly want to cut your tax bill, a few strategies allow you to substantially
reduce the amount you pay. These strategies are perfectly legal, but they typically require
professional advice to set up, and you should weigh the cost of the advice against the tax
savings before deciding if the strategy is worthwhile. Some of these tax manoeuvres also
involve hidden pitfalls that you must be careful to avoid. Still, if you truly want to cut your tax
bill, these aggressive strategies may be just what you're looking for

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