How to Pay Zero Taxes 2001 (2001) (How to Pay Zero Taxes, 2001) (Paperback)

by Jeff A. Schnepper (Author) "The purpose of the IRS is to collect the proper amount of tax revenue at the least cost to the public, and in a manner..." (more)
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"Might very well be the IRS's worst nightmare.... If there's a tax break allowed out there, It's in here. "New York Daily News --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description
Publishers Weekly called it "a can't miss title." The New York Daily News praised it for "pushing the envelope, and taking "a consumerist approach that's helpful during all the other months before next April." Best of all, more than half a million people have consulted How to Pay Zero Taxes for solid guidance on paying less to the IRS. Fully updated with all the latest tax changes, this annual guide delivers more tax-saving tips than any other guide. It outlines the easiest, most practical strategies consumers can use to lower their taxes this year, next year, and beyond, by focusing on hundreds of legal ways to preserve pre-tax income and profit.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 692 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; 2001 edition (January 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071365001
• ISBN-13: 978-0071365000
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,781,340 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This is a good book...BUT there are better ones available, January 29, 2003

By	"taxjack12" (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Pay Zero Taxes 2003 : Your Guide to Every Tax Break the IRS Allows! (Paperback)

Being a CPA and attorney,I am a saavy financial person and read a lot of tax and financial books.

How To Pay Zero Tax has been out for quite a while and is actually one of the first tax planning books that I have read. It is fairly comprehensive and actually better than most of the tax planning books out there. However,there are two main problems with it though for the average reader.

First, it is literally much too much. It has over 600 pages and some of it isn't clear. Mr.Schnepper tries to be all things to all people, which doesn't really succeed. I guess a point in all directions is a circle. In fact, despite its length,some of the discussion on topics tends to be too brief.

The second problem that has been noted by other reviewers is that this book hasn't be kept up to date. I guess Mr. Schnepper is "resting on his laurals."

Let me be clear about this: it's not that I disliked this book. It is just that there are a number of other, more up to date and better written tax books that I would recommend instead such as Lower Your Taxes: BIG TIME by a Mr. Botkin.

51 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Book as Dense as Taxes Themselves, December 4, 1999

By	Christopher J. Alexander, Ph.D. "Christopher ... (Rio Rancho, NM USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Pay Zero Taxes: 2000 Edition (How to Pay Zero Taxes, 2000) (Paperback)

Schnepper's book is not without its nuggets of ideas. However, to lead the reader to believe he or she will pay zero taxes is a bit misleading. This book is much too wordy and dense for the average reader. It's best to give it to your tax advisor and let them sort through the material. Schnepper devotes much of the book to case law, which is of more interest to tax attorneys than general consumers. Particularly frustrating is that the index must be from previous editions of the book. As I tried to reference various topics, the pages cited were not where the information I needed was. In short, this book is not particularly user-friendly and excessive attention was devoted to random topics.

55 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is for people earning a minimum of $250,000, March 21, 2000

By	Joe Covert (Wetumpka, Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Pay Zero Taxes: 2000 Edition (How to Pay Zero Taxes, 2000) (Paperback)

This book was a disappointment because it did not show meenough in tax savings to justify the cost of the book. I gave it a 1star because a zero rating was not any more available for reviews than paying zero taxes is for 'regular' taxpayers.

I feel the author is more of an IRS, tax attorney and financial planner advocate than a taxpayer advocate.

The book has many time consuming, complicated and expensive techniques for reducing taxes. The author fails to communicate the likely prohibitive cost of availing oneself to these 'tax saving' methods.