Five ways to cut your year-end tax tally

E-mailFrom Thursday's Globe and MailPublished Thursday, Sep. 23, 2010 6:50AM EDTLast updated Wednesday, Sep. 29, 2010 5:47PM EDT11 commentsEmailTweetPrintDecrease text sizeIncrease text size

Okay, I’m turning over a new leaf. I have promised my wife that I won’t wait until Dec. 24 to start my Christmas shopping. Procrastination is now a thing of the past. And just to prove it, I’m starting a discussion of year-end tax planning ideas early. Here we are in September, and last week I wrote about harvesting capital losses before year-end. This week, I want to share a few more ideas because there is still time to make a push in 2010 to reduce your taxes for this year. So let’s hop to it.

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