With Year-End Upon Us, What Year-End Tax Planning Strategies Do You Use?

[Bill Exeter]

With year-end and the holidays rapidly approaching, I thought it might be helpful for investors to share year-end tax planning/tax management strategies with their fellow investors.  We often get so busy at this time of year that we forget to think about tax planning strategies that could help us manage our tax liabilities.  How/what do you do to minimize/manage your taxes?