#5 Make more contributions to your retirement account in order to reduce the taxable income

If you are close to retirement age or you will be retiring later this year, it is a great idea to make more contributions to your retirement accounts before this tax season in order to reduce your taxable income. This means that if you have a 401(k), 403(b), or traditional IRA, you can easily cut down on the final sum you are going to get taxed on.

The contributions to these types of accounts are generally made with pre-tax dollars, so if you have some money and you add it as a contribution to either of those three savings accounts we mentioned, you will be reducing the final sum of your taxable income.

Not to mention, if you are over the age of 50, you can make what are called catch-up contributions (check your plan to see how they define it and what the limitations are), and thus you can reduce between $1,000 and $7,500 depending on the type of account. Look into what types of extra contributions you can make, and you will see how easy it is to save more money. After all, not only are you adding more money to your nest egg, but you are also spending less in taxes!