60 Minute Tax Planner: Fast and Easy Plans to Save Taxes and Add Cash to Your Next Paycheck (Sixty Minute Tax Planner) [Paperback]

Edward A. Lyon (Author)

Book Description

Series: Sixty Minute Tax Planner | Publication Date: January 2000

The average American family pays nearly 35 percent of its income in taxes...and complains about every penny. Here's an annual tax guide with a difference: a focus not on tax preparation but tax planning -- that is, taking concrete steps today to cut taxes tomorrow. A tax attorney and financial insider, Edward A. Lyon shares practical, proven strategies for slashing any tax bill. The author reveals a surprising fact: all taxpayers can do a lot to control what they give to the IRS.

Featuring clear answers to questions echoed by most taxpayers, backed by helpful worksheets and checklists, 60 Minute Tax Planner reflects the most current tax laws without off-putting jargon or citations. Tax Tune-up Quick Check gives readers a clear picture of their priorities and goals...and then guides them to chapters for targeted help. His Dictionary of Tax Deductions shows how to write off dozens of everyday expenses. Readers will find tips on tax breaks for supporting kids and parents; advice for buying a home, including the tax-saving potential of a home-equity loan; special breaks for home offices and small business owners; and tax-efficient investments, with a look at mutual funds, IRAs, life insurance, and saving for college.

This eye-opening guide can bring thousands of dollars of savings in taxes. What's more, it could even put cash in the next paycheck.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

If you're surprised by how much you pay in taxes every year, then maybe you should think about tax planning. Edward Lyon's 60-Minute Tax Planner focuses on making financial choices with tax consequences in mind. This highly readable guide focuses on dozens of financial concerns and their tax liability including, paying off your mortgage, choosing tax efficient investments, life insurance, claiming college tax credits, and retirement. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Edward A. Lyon, J.D., is a licensed tax attorney, an award-winning speaker, and a prolific writer on financial topics. A former editor with the National Underwriter Company, the premier publisher for the insurance and financial planning industries, he co-authored the company's annual Tax Facts on Insurance and Employee Benefits and Tax Facts on Investments. Currently the Pension Marketing Consultant for Ohio National Financial Services, he lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam; Revised edition (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735201064
• ISBN-13: 978-0735201064
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,266,761 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very useful book. It saved me money., November 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: 60 Minute Tax Planner (Hardcover)

Unlike most attorney's, Ed Lyon gets right to what the reader wants from a tax advice book - how to save money.

Well laid out, useful, informative and even funny, I enjoyed this book as much as I found it helpful.

Doing your taxes bites. It was nice to find a book that helped me bite back.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a readable tax book!, October 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: 60 Minute Tax Planner (Paperback)

I was very impressed with how easily understandable this book is. I could quickly find answers to my questions, and they were written in plain english without a lot of industry jargon. The tone was really refreshing for such a dreaded subject.

2 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A pleasure to read. An informative book, however..., August 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: 60 Minute Tax Planner (Paperback)

...any well written and/or structured database is, just that. If one is truly interested in minimizing their tax burden(s) while simultaneously maximizing savings as well as unlimited income potential, a proactive, all encompassing opportunity is readily available.