[snowwrestler]

This has nothing to do with being rich, tons of middle class people in the U.S. apply these strategies. It is a benefit of being in business for yourself, which is offset by higher risk and higher direct costs for things like healthcare and services and equipment (because bigger companies get volume discounts).

A person paid on a W2 can’t do these things no matter how big their salary is.

[SiliconSplash]

I know it has nothing to do with being rich. I know middle class people do this in the US. He was asking how people could avoid it, the simplest way is to become a contractor/consultant/freelancer rather than a full time employee so *you can* restructure your tax.