{"id":38539,"date":"2021-06-16T11:55:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T15:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=38539"},"modified":"2021-06-22T11:18:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T15:18:27","slug":"investments-and-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/investments-and-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastering Investments and Taxes To Build Wealth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How can mastering investments and taxes help you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/building-wealth\/\">build wealth<\/a>? How do investments affect taxes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mastering investments and taxes helps you minimize your taxable income and grow your wealth. 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Indeed, a rule that millionaires live by is that to build wealth, you need to <strong>minimize your taxable (realized) income and maximize your nontaxable income (assets that grow without generating taxable income).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The typical millionaire in the survey had an annual realized income of less than 7% of his wealth, meaning that less than 7% of his wealth was taxable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paying income tax is the biggest expenditure for many households. <strong>High-income spenders pay the most in taxes because they focus on increasing their earned (taxable) income to support a consumption-oriented lifestyle.<\/strong> They can\u2019t accumulate wealth because their taxable income is too high. 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