<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Dude---if you're a sole proprietor, making less than $150,000 a year, and you own a house, and operate normally, you shouldn't really be paying much tax at all except self-employment tax (Social Security) which is around 14% of your<b> net</b> taxable income. You need a better, more aggressive, yet totally honest tax person. Do you have SEP and Roth IRAs? Do you charitably give? You need help. Yes. Come to Convention and immerse yourself in business classes; buy Randy Potter a good dinner and pick his brain; get on the stick. Use that money in a better way. <div>Best,</div><div>DA</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><html>On Apr 20, 2008, at 5:39 AM, PJR wrote:</html><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I just got finished with writing out the biggest check I have ever written, and it was to the IRS.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I gotta get me some deductions for next year! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I figure I better get my butt out to the convention this summer.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I know most of us are not tax attorneys, but could someone make me feel good and tell me about all the good deductions I can take by going out there? <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>How about if I buy me one of those carbonated tuning hammers?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Can I deduct that?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Disneyland?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I need deductions.........</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Phil Ryan</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Miami Beach</div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>