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November 3, 2012 by Eric Butts Leave a Comment

How to Decrease Your Tax Liability At Year-End

*Originally published for LessAccounting.com

 Year after year it never fails that the age-old misconception about tax preparation rears its ugly head in the form of comments like “I want you to get me back as much as possible” or “Last year my tax guy let me deduct my dry cleaning expenses for my suits.” The misconception I’m talking about is that tax preparation is some sort of black magic whereby CPAs have conspired against the general public to keep people from getting money back. WRONG. CPAs do not have it out for you, but we are bound to abide by certain rules and ….Read the rest here.

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