Reduce your taxes and increase your savings. Sounds almost a little too good to be true right?
It’s possible, it’s easy, and I just did it and so can you.
Today is the final day for you to file your taxes for this year. Did you pay more in taxes than you would have liked? Do you want to lower your tax bill for next year? If so, then here is how to do it:
Increase your 401k contribution to your company’s plan. What percentage of your salary are you contributing to your 401k currently? Bump it up. By increasing your pre-tax 401k contribution to your plan you are in effect reducing the amount of income you take home, thus reducing your tax burden.
I recently increased my pre-tax contribution percentage by 8% and found that I will save roughly $1700 this year on my taxes. It’s that simple. Increase your savings, reduce your tax burden. This offers 3 key benefits.
Benefit 1:
You lower the amount of taxes you will be paying for the year.
Benefit 2:
You increase the amount of savings you will have at retirement. The more you save now, the more you will have later.
Benefit 3:
Because you don’t see the additional money you put into your 401k plan on your paycheck, you won’t spend it, and most likely you won’t miss it.
Budget Smart, Invest Wise