Pay Negative Taxes

I’ve shown you how easy it can be to pay no federal income tax in retirement. In fact, it’s not difficult to pay negative taxes, that is, to have the federal government owe you money. That’s exactly the situation the fatFIREd couple behind FI Heroes have found themselves in.

After filling out their 2020 tax return, they not only owe nothing; they are owed thousands of dollars!

Stimulus money played a role, but even in a “normal” year, they would come out looking like bandits. Read on to see how they have plenty of wealth but pay negative taxes.

Pay Negative Taxes 

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When we decided to become nomads, we realized that we could call “home base” just about anywhere.  One of our requirements for our new home was to not have to pay income taxes if at all possible. 

#1. MOVED TO A STATE THAT HAS NO CAPITAL GAINS TAXES.

By quitting W-2 work and not making any money off of our blog, the only income we get is from our investments.  We set up our after-tax investment account to generate about $55K(ish) a year.

#2. CONVERTED OUR INCOME TO ONLY BE QUALIFIED DIVIDENDS / INTEREST.

A married couple making less than $68,900 in 2019 will qualify for the ACA subsidies which for us was substantial.  We still have plenty of room between this limit and our actual income of $56K. 

#3. KEPT OUR INCOME LOW ENOUGH TO QUALIFY FOR ACA SUBSIDIES.

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