That's why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. I just started my business,so i don't know yet what i will save with writeoffs but my partner(kind of partner,we help out on each others jobs sometimes)made over $100,000 last year and only paid $12,000 in taxes. Well,he didn't pay it,he still owes it but that's his fault,because he doesn't do his taxes quarterly and doesn't save the money to pay them at the end of the year. I'm claiming my tools,van payments,gas,tolls,insurance... shit,i'm even thinking of claiming my cat as a dependent. The goverment always owed me money and they still do. I didn't file for taxes all 4 yrs in the Corp. If i wasn't so damn lazy,i'd get a copy of the W-2s for those years and get the money they owe me.