The basic notes for this book would read "Pay Attention". Thats really it! The government publishes all the possible tax write offs at the beginning of the year, you take note of those, and then every month, week, or whenever, go through your checkbook and keep the receipts to remind you when it comes to tax time to give them to your IRS guy. The examples in the book showed people paying 2-3k less in taxes. I happen to know a bit about taxes myself, and I know the more write offs you have, the more likely you'll be audited. After 3 write offs, you get red flags going up everywhere, so buyer beware for this book. You don't want to be audited, even if you're the best book keeper, you're bound to pay fees. Good book, short sighted on some points though!