Is it legal?; how our tax system works; exclusions - tax free money; credits - dollar-for-dollar tax reductions; general deductions; "below the line" deductions; traditional tax shelters; super tax shelters; investment planning to save taxes; last-minute tax planning; the attorney's and accountants' relief act of 1993; how to avoid/survive an IRS audit. Appendices: cost recovery/deprecation; law prior to the Tax Reform Act of 1986; law after March 14, 1984 (real estate); table of class lives and recovery periods; revenue procedure 83-85, I.R.B. 1983-20, 54; business use of "listed property"; auto leases.