Tax Alpha Solutions

Wealth Management for High Earners: Know the Options Available to You There's good news for investors: legal, tangible tax strategies are out there--they just need to be found. In Tax Alpha Solutions: Effective Tax Management Strategies for High-Net-Worth Investors, Matthew Chancey unveils specific, tested tax solutions for accredited investors and those who are eligible. Accredited investors meet certain thresholds, including a net worth of at least $1 million, not counting their main residence. These investors, and individuals with higher levels of net worth, have unique tax opportunities available to them. Based on their level of earnings and investments, they can access products that have the potential to help them effectively manage their tax strategies and meet or surpass their long-term goals. Throughout the chapters, Chancey draws on his ample experience of working with high income clients around the nation and globe. He shares techniques he's implemented to help individuals and families manage their taxes. He lays out plans that have enabled clients to protect their wealth over the long-term. High-net-worth investors and those who aspire to wealth will discover a world of possibilities. They'll learn about commonly overlooked strategies, including chances to plan wisely when a one-time wealth event occurs. In addition, professionals in legal, tax, and real estate-related industries will gain insight on how to apply these products to their niches. Overall, readers will gain knowledge on paths to consider that could help them make business and personal financial decisions.

Are you looking to protect your heirs and disinherit Revenue Canada? Then this book is for you, find out how to protect your family at a time when they are likely at their most vulnerable, and could be paying the biggest tax bill they will ever see. This book has been updated to reflect the Oct 2016 changes made by CRA. There are only two things in life that are certain, Death and Taxes. While each of these is bad enough on its own, when combined it's a double whammy. The Success Tax that I am referring to is the tax that we pay if we are successful in our investing and have assets that are going to be taxable when sold or when deemed to have been sold. The Success Tax takes one of two forms. The first form is deferred taxation on registered products such as RSPs, GRSPs, LRSPs, RIFs, LIFs and other similar retirement tax-sheltered vehicles. The second form of the Success Tax is the tax on deferred Capital Gains. This tax effects such assets as stocks, mutual funds, art, antiques, collectibles, real estate, private businesses and sometimes even bonds. While there is no hiding from the Success Tax, there are several things that can be done to help legally reduce or even eliminate the amount that your estate or your heirs pay. The Success Tax Shuffle is not a way of avoiding taxes that are legally due, nor is it a donation tax scheme. The Success Tax Shuffle is the process of arranging your assets and affairs in order to take advantage of the current tax laws, tax credits, deductions and other estate planning tools with a view to reducing or even eliminating the Success Tax. This will allow more of your hard earned assets to go to those you love and not those you love to hate. It's your money you have earned it, now is the time to take the steps that are required to protect it. You can estimate your Success Tax by visiting http: //www.yoursuccesstax.ca/

The United States face enormous challenges in the energy area. Climate change, biofuels policy, energy security and environmental degradation are all intimately bound up with energy production and consumption. Historically, the federal government has relied on tax subsidies to effect energy policy. With mounting federal deficits, policymakers and advocates are increasingly calling for a rethinking of our energy tax policy. How can the federal tax code strengthen environmental policy and reduce security concerns in the area of energy? The authors tackle such difficult problems as climate change, efficient taxation of oil and gas, and optimal oil tax policy in a world with OPEC oil producers dominating world oil supply. This volume presents a number of innovative policy suggestions backed by sophisticated and cutting-edge research carried out by leading scholars in the area of energy taxation.

THE ONE-STOP GUIDE TO REDUCING TAX LIABILITY FOR THE TRADER AND SERIOUS INVESTOR In this comprehensive and insightful guide, CPA and expert tax consultant Ted Tesser provides solutions for the tax problems facing most U.S. traders, investors, and income earners today?excessive tax payments to federal and local governments, insufficient preparation for retirement, and, ultimately, the fate of bequests. Here are invaluable business, estate, retirement planning, and tax-saving strategies that virtually anyone can implement. Included is specific information to help traders reduce their tax liability, with individual case studies, real-world examples, and model tax returns. In this work, Tesser shows everyone concerned: How to disinherit the federal government How trader status is upheld, even under audit How to use education tax breaks How to augment underfunded retirement plans How to master the basics of estate tax planning How to use the annual gift tax exemption . . . and much more. Keep the profits you work so hard to earn, whether from trading, investing, or simply working?and take control of your financial destiny. With The Trader?s Tax Solution, the choice between building wealth and just getting by is yours. Ted Tesser, CPA, specializes in investment taxation and is an active trader. He is the author of Wiley?s The Trader?s Tax Survival Guide and is well known for his popular seminar entitled "Traders and Investors: Cut Your Taxes in Half!" KEEP THE PROFITS YOU WORK SO HARD TO EARN, WHETHER FROM TRADING, INVESTING, OR SIMPLY WORKING "Here?s my advice: first, design a trading strategy that gives you an edge in the markets; second, trade your strategy with precision and steadfastness; third, study The Trader?s Tax Solution and apply Tesser?s principles to your taxes and financial planning. If you?re a trader or investor who wants to keep the maximum possible amount of the money you?ve earned, your copy of The Trader?s Tax Solution will be worth its weight in stock certificates!" ? Thomas A. Bierovic, Manager, Strategy Testing & Development, Omega Research, Inc. "I have heeded Ted Tesser?s advice for many years. His background, knowledge, and experience have been invaluable in saving me an enormous amount of money over the years. This book is my bible for financial and tax strategies." Bill M. Williams, PhD, CTA, Professional trader and President, The Profitunity Trading Group "Taxes can be the largest single expense for a successful trader. Ted Tesser draws on his experience as both a CPA and successful trader to show you how to minimize this expense. This book is clearly written, practical, and comprehensive. Deserves a place on every trader?s bookshelf." ? Sheldon Knight, President, K-Data, Inc. "Ted Tesser is one of the nation?s foremost experts on investment taxation. In this definitive guide to reducing and even eliminating whole classes of tax exposure, Ted presents a wealth of solid tax strategies that investors and traders will find indispensable." ? Nelson Freeburg, Editor, Formula Research "Ordinarily a ho-hum subject, Tesser has made reading about taxes for traders enjoyable. This book is not only a fun read, it is an invaluable reference. The Trader?s Tax Solution contains everything a trader needs to know about taxes." ? Sunny J. Harris, President, Sunny Harris & Associates, Inc. and author of Trading 101: How to Trade Like a Pro,Trading 102: Getting Down to Business, and Electronic Day Trading 101

Wiley CPA Exam Review 34th Edition ? 2007-2008 Volume 1 Outlines and Study Guides * Covers all four sections of the CPA examination point by point * Stresses important topical areas to study for each part * Helps establish a self-study preparation program * Divides exam into 45 manageable study units * Provides an outline format supplemented by brief examples and illustrations * Makes material easy to read, understand, and remember * Includes timely, up-to-the-minute coverage for the computerized exam * Explains step-by-step examples of the "solutions approach" * Contains all current AICPA content requirements for all four sections of the exam Volume 2 Problems and Solutions * Offers selected problems from all four examination sections * Contains rationale for correct or incorrect multiple-choice answers * Covers the new simulation-style problems-offering more than 75 practice questions * Details a "solutions approach" to each problem * Updates unofficial answers to reflect current laws and standards * Groups multiple-choice questions into topical categories within modules for easy cross-referencing * Provides a sample examination for each of the four exam parts The computer-based CPA exam is here! Are you ready? The 34th Edition of the Wiley CPA Exam Review is revised and updated for the new computerized exam, containing AICPA sample test questions released as recently as April 2007. To help candidates prepare for the new exam format, this edition includes a substantial number of the new simulation-type questions. Passing the CPA exam on your first attempt is possible! We'd like to help. Get Even More Information Online: You'll find a wide range of aids for doing your best on the CPA exam at wiley.com/cpa, including content updates, CPA exam study and test-taking tips, and more. All Wiley CPA Exam Review products are listed on the site.

Turnover (sales) is frequently used in developing countries as a presumptive income tax base, to economize on the costs of tax administration and taxpayer compliance. We construct a simple model where a size threshold separates firms paying turnover tax from those paying profit tax (regular income tax), and where firms have the option of producing in the untaxed, informal sector. The optimal turnover tax rate trades off two policy concerns: reducing informality and avoiding strategic reductions in sales by firms seeking to remain below the threshold for the profit tax. We provide analytical results and calibrate the model to compute the optimal policy using realistic parameter values. The optimal turnover tax rate for countries with large informal sectors is found to be around 2.5% across most scenarios, while the threshold separating the turnover tax regime from profit tax lies for the most part between $65,000 and $95,000. Introducing an optimally designed turnover tax reduces the rate of informality of businesses by about 12 percentage points in the calibrated model.