How To Pay Zero Taxes, 2001

Jeff Schnepper is the author of all 16 previous editions of How to Pay Zero Taxes, as well as several other books on finance and taxation. He is the financial, tax, and legal advisor to the Transamerica sales force and runs a full-time accounting and legal practice in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Mr. Schnepper also writes a column for Microsoft's online personal finance website, MoneyCentral, and is a tax strategist and advisor for TheTaxPeople.net.

Chapter 1: Is It Legal?
Chapter 2: How Our Tax System Works.
Chapter 3: Exclusions - Tax-Free Money.
A: Alternatives to "Earned Income".
B: Donative Items.
C: Investors.
D: Benefits for the Elderly.
E: Miscellaneous Individual Exclusions.
F: Schedule of Excludable Items.
Chapter 4: Credits - Dollar-forDollar Tax Reductions.
A: Estimated Tax and Withholding Exemptions.
B: Credits.
C: Special Credits.
Chapter 5: "Above the Line" Deductions.
A: Deductions for Adjusted Gross Income.
Chapter 6: "Below the Line" Deductions.
A: The Importance of Filing Status.
B: Tax Planning with Itemized Deductions.
C: Schedules of Deductions.
Chapter 7: Traditional Tax Shelters.
A: Deferral and Leverage.
B: How to Analyze a Tax Shelter.
Chapter 8: Super Tax Shelters.
A: Family Shifts.
B: Running Your Own Business.
Chapter 9: Investment Planning to Save Taxes.
Chapter 10: Last-Minute Tax Planning.
Chapter 11: The Attorney's and Accountants' Relief Act of 1993.
Chapter 12: Stealth Rax Reform.
Chapter 13: Tax Reform - Again!
Chapter 14: The Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998.
Chapter 15: How to Avoid/Survive an IRS Audit.
Appendix A: Cost Recovery/Depreciation.
Appendix B: Law Prior to the Tax Reform Act of 1986.
Appendix C: Law After March 14, 1984 (Real Estate).
Appendix D: Busines Use of "Listed Property".
Appendix E: Auto Leases.