THE TAX CUTTERY® Guide to Federal Income Taxation

The whole federal tax lifecycle, in one volume

This is the practice written down. The Trident Framework — Compliance, Planning, and Resolution — covers the complete federal tax lifecycle for the business owner and the 1099 contractor. Twenty-four chapters, from how the system is structured to cryptocurrency and the GENIUS Act. Built as a professional reference: leather-ette bound, platinum-embossed, the size and feel of a law-school casebook. It is at the printer now.

From the author

I wrote this because the tax code wasn't written for the people who actually need it most — the 1099 contractors, the single-member LLCs, the service-based agency founders. It was written for W-2 employees. Every book on the shelf either drowns you in statute or hands you a pamphlet. I wanted one volume a serious person could keep on the desk and trust: the whole lifecycle, in plain English, defensible at every line. Compliance is a posture, not data entry. Planning is permanent, not a trick. Resolution is what happens when something breaks — and there is a right way through it. That is the whole book. I'm Paul Diaz, and this is THE TAX CUTTERY.

What's inside — the 24 chapters

Part I · Compliance — How the System Operates

1. 1. How the tax system is structured
2. 2. What counts as income
3. 3. What you can deduct
4. 4. Which credits reduce your tax
5. 5. When income and expenses are recognized
6. 6. Filing requirements and substantiation
7. 7. How to think about compliance as a posture

Part II · Planning — How to Reduce Tax Legally and Permanently

1. 8. Why planning matters and how to start
2. 9. Choosing your entity structure (LLC vs S-Corp)
3. 10. Compensation, benefits, and wealth design
4. 11. Retirement account strategy (401k, IRA, SEP)
5. 12. Real estate tax advantages
6. 13. Investment and capital gains planning
7. 14. Family and intergenerational planning
8. 15. Estate planning as tax planning
9. 16. The generational compact (step-up, charitable)

Part III · Resolution — What Happens When the System Breaks

1. 17. How the IRS operates as an agency
2. 18. What happens during an IRS examination
3. 19. Appeals and collection alternatives
4. 20. Substantiation, Cohan rule, and documentation
5. 21. Penalties and how to get them abated
6. 22. Your rights and Circular 230 ethics
7. 23. Closing a tax case and resolution strategies

Part IV · Bonus

1. 24. Cryptocurrency and the GENIUS Act

Five ways to own it

Buy the pillar you need, or buy the book. The three sections and the glossary ship as eBooks; the Professional Edition is the hardcover with everything. All four eBooks together run $116 — the complete hardcover is $149. Do that math once and the decision makes itself.

How to reserve your copy

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Where to go next

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