Expense Shifting Tax Strategies

Expense shifting tax strategies involve timing expenses for when you can receive the biggest tax deduction or credit.

 

Examples include:

  • Bunching itemized deductions
  • Using your home for your business
  • Combining business and personal travel
  • Dependent care reimbursement plans

  • Employee accountable reimbursement plans

  • Employer accountable reimbursement plans

  • Health care flexible spending accounts (FSA)

  • Health savings accounts (HSA)

  • Hiring your spouse in your business

  • Medical expense reimbursement plans (MERP)

  • Pre-tax health insurance

  • Student loan payments made by an employer

 

To learn more about how these strategies work, how much you could save, and how to put these strategies into action, contact a tax advisor now.