New Opportunities to Cut Your Tax Bill

With the Thanksgiving festivities over and your relatives long gone (whew!), you can happily get back to your daily routine.

But before you dive into holiday-shopping mode, you really need to take a minute to do some tax planning.

I know, you'd rather be back at your Thanksgiving table eating Aunt Milly's dried-out stuffing than talk taxes right now. But think of it this way: the more you do now, the more money you keep out of Uncle Sam's pocket. And that should be a big enough motivator. ...