Everybody wants to know how to save money on their Taxes through either deductions or tax credits, anything to lower the amount you may have to pay or to increase the size of your refund. There are many popular deductions and credits that a lot of people just don’t know about or utilize like real estate taxes, student loan interest deductions or mortgage interest deductions.

One tax credit you should check to see if you qualify for is the earned income tax credit. This is credit has different qualifications, one of them being that you must make less than fifty thousand dollars a year. This is a credit that a lot of people do not realize that they may qualify for. A sometimes under-utilized way to save on your taxes is to start a business. If you have your own business you have more control with how you pay taxes. Many business owners decide to keep funds in their businesses or business accounts firm so they don’t have to draw it out as taxable income. If you are running a business, you can also right off certain expenditures as expenses that can help you reduce your tax burden.

For those that have children, you should look into many of the tax benefits available to you. The child tax credit can be up to a thousand dollars for each child under the age of seventeen. It’s important to note that this tax credit it not available for high-earners. For those that pay alimony, those payments are tax deductible as well. As a parent, creating a 529 college savings accounts for your child or children allows you to not only save your child’s future, but also allows you to not have to pay taxes on that money either.

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