Here's a crazy idea for you: Learn just enough about taxes to ask the right questions. You might be wondering why I'm in a straight jacket and why you should listen to a crazy idea from a guy like me. The answers are amazingly simple: (a) to get noticed, and (b) because I have 20 years experience as a CPA and 15 years before working in-the-trenches in the family business. I've seen good years and lean years. There have been times when i sought professional help one year and tried to copy it the next, totally unaware of the changes that had occured in the world around me. Because i hadn't kept up, I didn't even know the right questions to ask. Whether you're training for a marathon, landing the job of your dreams or closing a sale, you're not going to excel without being well prepared and fully informed. Well, the same holds true when managing and preparing your income taxes. Waiting until April 15th to put your financial house in order is a straight path to paying higher taxes. To manage your taxes and minimize your tax bill, you need to know the rules of the game, which are constantly changing. This little book is not intended to make you a tax expert. It's intended to give you little kernels of knowledge. Find something that might be applicable in your life and know what to ask your tax advisor. Written in plain English instead of Tax Mumbo-Jumbo, Crazy Little Shorts For These Taxing Times will help you better protect your family's financial interest.
About the Author: Richard A. Lindsey, CPA, also known as the "Renegade CPA," is a small business tax expert, consultant, speaker and author who helps companies and their owners keep the money they've earned instead of handing it over to Uncle Sam. He has 20 years experience as a CPA and 15 years of "in-the-trenches" work before that in the family business. While working in the family business, Richard returned to the University of South Alabama in 1989 to earn his Master of Accounting (MAcc) degree. Upon graduation, he joined the University as an adjunct professor of accounting and a local accounting firm as a staff accountant. Richard became a partner in Zevac & Lindsey in 2000. With Richard you get someone who understands the concerns of small business owners and individuals, someone who is focused on taxes and how they affect you, and someone who will explain what you need to know and what you need to do about it plain English.