If you are still doing your taxes once a year, you are losing out on a valuable opportunity to reduce your burden. A smart approach is to do a test run mid-year so that you can take advantage of strategies while there is time for them to make an impact before you submit your actual return. Here are some possible tax-saving ideas that are worth knowing more about, should they apply to you.

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