Indeed, many of the tax-saving strategies that millions employed last year to take maximum advantage of deductions before they were curtailed or to enjoy the new law's lower rates are still valid - even though last year was commonly hailed as the "last-chance opportunity."

There is an abundance of help available both for preparing returns and for pursuing tax-saving strategies.

In his sales pitch to get my company's business, an accountant demonstrated his expertise by suggesting some tax-saving strategies.

Accountants and financial planners begin by noting that the rise in the top tax bracket from 31 percent to 39.6 percent makes owning a home increasingly important as a tax-saving strategy - the way it used to be before the Tax Reform Act of 1986.

The stress is more acute this year, for one thing, because accountants were exhausted before the tax season even began: They labored long hours in November and December executing tax-saving strategies for their clients before many of the new law's provisions took effect on Jan. 1.

The book includes helpful chapters on estate planning and taxation of small businesses, as well as basic tax-saving strategies.

Americans still have three weeks left to take advantage of a variety of tax-saving strategies that will make next April 15 less costly.

Here are invaluable business, estate, retirement planning, and tax-saving strategies that virtually anyone can implement within the new tax laws.

For that, he helps clients set tax-saving strategies for the year ahead.

The three plaintiffs say they bought Homer shelters in November 2001, believing that they were legitimate tax-saving strategies.