Tax Hacks Catalog
Reference catalog of 120 tax "hacks" Kevin wanted filed — 60 for individuals, 60 for companies. Not tax advice. Every item needs CPA/legal review before use. The tax collection inside the broader Finance Hacks umbrella.
Kevin asked to expand a single captured hack (the "home library nonprofit" meme, now item #40 in Individual Tax Hacks) into a full playbook of strategies people circulate online plus well-known legal optimizations. private page
Sibling collections
- Finance Hacks — umbrella hub for all finance hack collections
- Personal Finance Hacks — accounts, cash management, treasuries, order of operations
How to read the catalogs
Each entry is tagged:
| Verdict | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Standard | Mainstream, IRS-documented; most filers with the fact pattern can use cleanly |
| Strategic | Legal but planning-heavy; worth a CPA |
| Aggressive | Often defensible if documented perfectly; audit-prone or politically unpopular |
| Folklore | Meme-tier, oversimplified, or frequently misapplied — file for awareness, not action |
Cross-links: Personal Finance (individual money philosophy) · private page (Kevin's company context for entity-level items).
Catalogs
- Individual Tax Hacks — W-2, freelance, investor, homeowner, side-hustle (60 items)
- Company Tax Hacks — C-corp, S-corp, LLC, startup, payroll, multi-entity (60 items)
Disclaimer
Nothing here is personalized tax advice. Tax law changes (SECURE 2.0, TCJA sunsets, state PTE rules, STR loophole tightening). Illegal evasion (fake deductions, unreported income, sham entities) is excluded on purpose.
Concept Position
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Concept family | Quality, proof, and self-improvement loops |
| Concept owned | Reference catalog of 120 tax "hacks" Kevin wanted filed — 60 for individuals, 60 for companies. Not tax advice. Every item needs CPA/legal... |
| Category map | Concept System Map |
Timeline
- 2026-07-01 | Concepts category refresh added this page to the Quality, proof, and self-improvement loops family, linked it to Concept System Map, and kept it standalone because it owns this reusable mental model: Reference catalog of 120 tax "hacks" Kevin wanted filed — 60 for individuals, 60 for companies. Not tax advice. Every item needs CPA/legal... private page
- 2026-06-13 | Kevin requested 60 individual + 60 company tax hacks added to the wiki. Hub + two catalog pages created. private page
- 2026-06-13 | Reparented under the Finance Hacks umbrella; sibling Personal Finance Hacks collection added. Home-library hack de-emphasized to a single folklore entry (#40 in Individual Tax Hacks). private page