In the Sticks by Nathan Cooper for March 04, 2011

  1. Turkey2
    MisngNOLA  over 13 years ago

    Let”s see. I’m not rich, so I don’t have any tax shelters, but with the deduction for mortgage interest and real estate taxes I paid last year, I took $25k off the top of my income for tax purposes. Yep, I sure wish I had some tax shelters to help me pay less taxes. And that credit for education expenses for my step-daughter’s college tuition, dang I sure wish there was some way us little people could reduce our taxes too. Doggone IRA, all it does is keep another $2500 out of my AGI. I hate not having any tax shelters.

     •  Reply
  2. Wile e coyote
    Totalloser Premium Member over 13 years ago

    misngNola - i hope you thanked Obama for all you reductions since the republicans want to take them away. The rich tax shelters help billionaires pay no tax. you have simple deductions

     •  Reply
  3. Turkey2
    MisngNOLA  over 13 years ago

    total, not one of those deductions are under discussion by the current Congress for repeal or removal. And if you don’t understand that tax shelters are simply deductions as well, then I suppose nothing I say will make any difference anyway.

     •  Reply
  4. Missing large
    kenneth.sanger  over 13 years ago

    Must be government housing…

     •  Reply
  5. Avatar
    Ed The Red Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Actually, there -is- discussion in Washington of removing the mortgage interest deduction.

     •  Reply
  6. Turkey2
    MisngNOLA  over 13 years ago

    Ed, my bad, I forgot they had mentioned that, but with the housing market the way it is, there’s not a big chance of it having any traction.

     •  Reply
Sign in to comment

More From In the Sticks