Contents

1. Introduction

2. Record-Keeping Tips and Tools That Help Maximize Deductions

3. Should You Prepare Your Own Tax Return?

4. Choosing a Tax Professional

5. Deductions around the House

6. Giving Yourself Credits around the House

7. Extra Income around the House

8. In the Garage

9. Deduct Your Medical Expenses and Get Some Money Back

10. Charity Deductions Begin at Home

11. Retirement Tax Issues for the Young at Heart

12. Long-Term Savings and Retirement Tax Issues for the Very Young

13. Tax Savings for Education

14. Tax No-No’s

15. Adjusting or Itemizing—What’s the Difference?

A Few Last Words