Tax planning is the act of working with an expert tax planner to reduce your total tax service liability. 1. Permissive Tasking Planning. Tax planning that is permissible refers to the use of all available tax incentives and deductions in order to reduce your taxes. You can reduce your taxable earnings by taking Child Tax Credits or using 401(k). 2. Purposive Tax Planning. Tax planning is the process of strategically structuring financial affairs to reduce your tax burden. As an example, you can place your assets into a trust in order to reduce estate taxes. 3. Short Term Tax Planning and Preparation. Tax planning for the short term is taking actions at the end of the year to lower your tax liability. A small business owner, for example, might buy office equipment or computers at the end of the fiscal year to benefit from business expense deductions. 4. Long-Term Tasks Planning. This planning is based on a taxpayer’s financial situation and involves long-term strategies