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March madness is over and now the April 18th tax deadline is upon us.  Here are two quick buzzer beaters that could keep a lot more money in your pockets now and in retirement.

Gallery: 12 Luxury  SUVs That Qualify For 100% Tax Write-Offs

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As I discuss in my book The Intuitive Investor: A Radical Guide for Manifesting Wealth in my almost two decades as a successful investor I have discovered that the most important investing skill is: understanding information.  This is because information is the basis for investment evaluation and investment decisions.

That headline may be an attention grabber, but it seems increasingly true.  I tell clients they should not count on bank secrecy and should disclose and report.  Yet some may not follow that advice.  For them, there is a nagging question about what might happen if they keep silent.

It’s Spring, but the Internal Revenue Service just released the Winter 2011 Statistics of Income Bulletin. The IRS announced its release of the Winter SOI on April 7, 2011.

Housing’s still hurting something bad in the U.S. Existing-home sales slid back down to 4.88 million in February, according to the National Association of Realtors, and new-home sales are nearing 50 year lows, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and HUD’s recent joint report. Foreclosures continue to flood the market and housing data firm Corelogic reported last week that a staggering 1.9 million units make up the elusive shadow inventory that hasn’t hit the market yet but will soon.

“We have met the enemy and he is us,” said the cartoonist Walt Kelly. He was talking about preserving the environment, but he could have been describing our national addiction to tax credits, deductions, and exclusions.

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