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K**N
A Path So You Can Work For You
It's Not How Much Money You Make, It's How Much Money You Keep.The title of this book is accurate, and it could have also been entitled, "Loop-Holes Of Those With Common Sense." There are numerous advantages available to those who take the risk and have the creativity and fortitude to do something on their own. These people are compensated for it if they educate themselves and IF they succeed. And on the contrary, being an employee is for most people. Much less control but some security, the routine of the comfort zone, and a familiar role defined within the job and confines of a corporate or governmental job. But today, for the employee, is there job security? Is there a routine and comfort zone? Will your job be there for you every morning? And, when it's not, will it be gone by your choosing or your employers?After only a few chapters we'll once again be reminded of the futility of being a W-2 working stiff, perfunctorily accepting the crumbs that are left over after taxes. This book will be most beneficial to people who have recently, or have now just started to change, the way they think. Experienced small business folks, entrepreneurs, and MLMers, will likely (but not necessarily) already have most of this information down.The premise of "Loop-Holes" provides us with the facts: since the 1943 federal tax law tragedy Americans work, pay taxes, earn, then spend. All in that order. After taxes and paying expenses, what's left for the middle class person who works as an employee? Ask yourself how much YOU have left. Whether your a service sector employee or upper-middle class professional, how much of the money you earn, goes in your pocket? And of what does go into your pocket, how much of it stays there? If you file a W-2 and are classified as an employee you will work a lot, but you are not likely to "make money." But you will have the liabilities (<--Kiyosaki) of a mortgage, car payment, credit card debt, and dinner out at a local budget franchise, once a week as a treat. Welcome to the reality of 2003, America. The common notion of getting raises at work as an employee to earn a higher income has unfortunately become a fallacy today. "The more you make, they more they take." Congratulations, you've just been bumped up to a higher tax rate.Diane Kennedy provides more facts, proven strategies, and common sense than what we get from our educational system, and electronic and print media. Kennedy's information is contemporary, valuable, and necessary knowledge that we need on how to proceed in making our lives better. To pay an advisor for this knowledge would be costly.These is a lot of practical information and real-life examples provided in Loop-Holes:If your starting a business in hopes of receiving passive income in the future, there are 9 criteria the IRS uses to qualify your gig as a "true business" and not a "hobby business." The latter scenario cannot be used to deduct losses from your earned income.Setting up Limited Liability Companies (LLCs)is highly recommended when investing in income producing real estate for the protection of personal assets. And how this is structured is very important. The C and S corporations are are also covered. When, why, and how should you begin the process. Deductions, leasing, licensing, royalties, trusts and many more things are explained also.People often state how great it is to get the the tax deduction on mortgage interest: What do you get on average? For every dollar you pay to the bank in interest on a mortgage, you get 30 cents back with the deduction. I'll take it, but is 30 cents on the dollar a good deal to you?There are several questionaires to fill in, so a person can assess (honestly!) what their true financial situation is. Their risk tolerance, what resources they can tap into, and what timeline can be established. Very important is the team of folks needed for a person or couple to be able go to for advice, support, and information.The most common money people work and toil for is the W-2. As we know this is the 50 percent money we hear about from the Rich Dad Advisors. Great, you just got a raise. And, so did the government. Find out the steps to start making the other 3 types of money with Diane Kennedy. This is excellent, especially for folks without a lot of business background, to understand the some of the nuts and bolts.
D**S
Good, sad truths
Good read for a day at the coffee shop
D**N
Very informative
I'm not rich but I plan to use some of the strategies in this very good book!
M**S
Most helpful guide on best tax structuring for a business
For me, it was apparent by about page 60, that Diane Kennedy is a brilliant tax strategist. Having always been baffled by the rules of taxes, I took an 8 week class offered by a large tax agency. During this class, I did a case study involving a self-employed person with an income of $170,000 a year. My answer on the case study was that the annual federal taxes due were about $70,000! Yikes! That's about the 41% tax bracket including self employment tax. I thought for sure that my answer was incorrect. Nope. That's the way it is for the high-income self-employed with no deductions and all income subject to the self-employement tax, which has no limit for the self-employed. That's when I knew I had to learn from someone who knew the ropes. Fortunately, I came upon this book a bit early in my search. I found loop holes that can effectively keep the self employed wanting to go to work at the same time they are not violating any tax laws. Thank you Diane Kennedy for writing such a useful book and educating the lot of us who have spent our work lives as self-employed.
M**E
Too much fluff & bad advice on MLMs
First on the fluff:Ted and Ellen "story" adds about 40 pages of fluff just to give you a narrative of introducing time elements and slides detailing the pictures she is telling. 40 extra pages for this purpose is bad. Save the 40 pages and we'd have a thinner, more "manual" approach.Now on the MLMs:What she doesn't tell you:a) 98% of MLM participants fail (e.g., lose money)b) Some of the people "telling you you can't do it" might be right!She goes into the whole spiel about how if they haven't tried it, don't listen to them. Well, take it from every person whose been victimized by MLMs....they DO NOT WORK!c) All the examples in the appendix of people she's helped use "MLM Opportunity". She purposely uses "opportunity" when sane people would say "Scheme".Now then, other than those 2 issues, it's a fine review of business structures: S-Corp, C-Corp, Limited and General Partnerships, and Sole Props (to a degree LLCs as well). But you can search google.com and find this all out.C-Corp: don't hold assets as personal suits can get at C-Corp assets...so she wants you to make the C-Corp a limited partner in a partnership....this is all over the internet..you don't need the book for that.Be fair to yourself...try looking up MLM or Multi Level Marketing on the internet before buying this book.
J**L
More accurately "Loopholes of the Middle Class"
The title of this book is misleading. Other than some discussions on depreciation of real and personal property, this book was written for the person making $50k-$150k and really doesn't offer much of anything for those making higher sums. Not that it was all bad, but depreciation is pretty well known by most business owners or real estate investors. The examples of how she helped other clients save money on taxes at the end, were more a result of correcting bone head decisions, rather than being creative in helping to lessen a tax burden. Anyway, it's apparent that the writer knows her stuff and perhaps I went in with the wrong expectations- looking for lesser known concepts on how to reduce tax obligations for somebody earning $250k/yr +, which still isn't "Rich" in my opinion, but doing well enough that they're annoyed with the amount they pay Uncle Sam each quarter. I was pretty disappointed in the content overall and felt it was to tax strategy as "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" was to real estate investing. In other words, it's motivating and encouraging to the person that one day wants to get rich, but of little use to the person who already owns a business or invests quite a bit in real estate and is familiar with the basic concepts of write offs, depreciation and understands the difference between a C Corp, S Corp and an LLC.
B**N
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Excelente, El libro fue entregado antes de la fecha estipulada y llego en condiciones muy buenas, ningun maltrato ni nada todo perfecto
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