J.K. Lasser's Homeowner's Tax Breaks: Your Complete Guide to Finding Hidden Gold in Your Home Paperback - 2003 - 1st Edition

• Legitimate tax strategies any homeowner can use to save on taxes
• Written by a down-to-earth tax expert-so you can easily understand the tax tips presented

Beyond the garden-variety deductions for mortgage interest and real estate taxes, J.K. Lasser's(TM) Homeowner's Tax Breaks reveals a treasure chest of tax breaks that any homeowner can use. These include such little-known breaks as getting tax-free rent from a short-term home rental, using the generous $250,000/$500,000 home sale exclusion to shelter gain from the sale of other real estate, and pocketing tax-free mortgage proceeds when trading up to a more expensive home.

J.K. Lasser's(TM) Homeowner's Tax Breaks provides a lively, concise, and plain-English explanation of tax rules for homeowners and a discussion of how these rules can be turned to your tax advantage and financial benefit.

Critical coverage will show you how to:

• Make your credit card and car loan interest deductible
• Boost the amount of your casualty loss deductions
• Get deductions for household expenses when you have a home office
• Write off home office equipment such as computers and printers
• Make commuting costs from home deductible
• Create tax-free income from renovating your home and selling it at a profit
• Make your home a retirement nest egg that generates tax-free income from trading down or a reverse mortgage

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