To me, the best income tax strategy is, fill out a W-4 with your employer, with n/a in all the boxes, except line 7. I write "EXEMPT" on line 7. Then I sign it "non-assumpsit" (no contract). I haven't been required to file a 1040 for years, but if I were, I would fill it out n/a on all the lines, and sign it like I did for the W-4. If the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ever took me to court on it, I would require that the man/woman who knew for a fact how much I earned or owed, get on the stand and say it under oath or affirmation, in a court of record. They won't, because none of them know. Learn the Karl Lentz methods. Google and Youtube search on "Karl Lentz common law."