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Comparing pre-tax versus post-tax health expenses?

I understand the concepts from this question and everything I have read says that the benefit of pre-tax expenses are that they reduce your taxable income. But to keep the math simple, let's say ...
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Buying a more expensive house as a tax shelter (larger interest deduction)?

I've heard that some people buy a more expensive house as a tax shelter. In my simple mind I imaging the scenario: Pay 10,000 annual interest on the mortgage 50,000 annual income = 40,000 ...
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Calculating savings from mortgage interest deduction vs. standard deduction?

I've read just about anything I can find on comparing cash-flow between owning a house versus renting. One new thing popped into my head yesterday, and I can't shake the feeling that it's an obvious ...
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Formula for calculating real cost of a deductible expense

Nice round numbers: say I perform a job that gets $1000 gross (call this g) in which I incur $100 in expense (call this e). The expense is fully deductible. Assume my marginal tax rate is 25% (call ...