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How to Trim Taxes as You Age

Uncle Sam has spent a lifetime mooching off your paycheck. When you retire, it’s time to cut the old guy off, says the Journal’s Jonathan Clements in his column Getting Going. To be sure, the mid-April tax filing deadline will always have a certain bite. Still, once retired, you will have much more control over your [...]

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/tax
 

Some tax deductions are aimed at individuals; many are directed to businesses. The complicated maze of tax deductions that Congress has instituted over the past 70 years has contributed to the view that the tax code in the United States needs to be completely redone in a simpler fashion.