Tax planning: What’s the good news? It’s never a waste of time… there still are some tax breaks on the books that you can use to your advantage before the end of 2014. Some types of time or monetary investments have risks, but not tax-planning. This is why EVERYONE should do it.

The bad news is that there is no guarantee that all the extenders (there is more than 50 business and individual tax breaks) — including popular things such as the higher education tuition and fees deduction, and itemized claims for state and local sales taxes and private mortgage insurance payments — will be renewed after December 31, 2014. Lawmakers are expected to consider, or extend (hence the laws’ collective name) after the November 4th election. Read More