Welcome to the early retirement show. If you are a long time listener, thank you. And if you are new to the show, as a reminder, this show is dedicated to helping you retire early, otherwise known as the show dedicated to helping you understand what you have to do to be in a position where you are financially free, where work is now optional. So whether you are a few years out from retirement and you just want to know everything to prepare

for that big date or you're new in your journey and you want to get a head start on maximizing

what you've worked so hard for throughout your life, this is the show for you.

So we discuss everything from investments to

taxes to insurance and everything that comes in between. So without further ado, let's go

ahead and hop into today's episode. Welcome back to the early retirement show. And in today's

episode, we're going to be talking about taxes and specifically how you can lower them

and not pay a dime more than you need to especially with tax time coming up so if you've already filed

your return no problem this is just going to be helpful information especially for next year and just

things to consider when filing taxes really at any time but if you have not filed yet certainly

want to listen to this

episode to understand how you can save on taxes. Now, today's episode is going to be referencing

a checklist for a portion of it. So reminder that this will be in the description below. So if you're

not following long or you go, Ari, I don't even know what you just said. That did not sound like

English. No worries at all.

In the description, you will be able to click, and I've included a link there so that it's just a

drop box where you can go in and see what issues should you be considering when reviewing your

tax return, just making sure that everything is being reported properly, but also making sure

you do not leave anything on the table. but also making sure you do not leave anything

on the table. Because by making sure you report everything, one, you're avoiding any potential

penalties or additional taxes, but two, you are taking advantage of all of the deductions that

are available to you because by reporting everything properly, it's where either you or your tax preparer

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