own a business. small business owners get all kinds if nice loopholes. from vehicles to home office to accelerated depreciation to travel. there is a long list of ways to get perks. So whatâs the easiest way to cheat on your taxes? Run your own company. More specifically, as Greg Kyte, a Utah C.P.A., puts it, be the sole proprietor of a Schedule C business. Then you can buy stuff for yourself and probably write it off as a business expense. âYou can look through your receipts for the year and say, âHereâs some stuff I bought at Home Depot,â â says Kyte (who, for the record, says he never does this). âThe I.R.S. would have no idea if I bought that for my house or for my business.â There were more than 20 million Schedule C returns filed in 2009, with receipts of more than $1.2 trillion. Upstanding Schedule C filers have options, too. They can legally write off payment for office work done by family members, even if theyâre in middle school. âIâve seen people with infant children claiming that their kids are doing work,â says Howard Rosen, a St. Louis-based C.P.A. âIâm talking about a 3-year-old doing filing,â Rosen says. âHe didnât even know the alphabet.â http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/08/m...axes.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&pagewanted=all
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