This may be a subject for a separate forum topic, but what do you financially savvy folks do with your profits to avoid the taxes? I have some stock options from my employer that I am seriously considering cashing in (as the possibility of the stock market receeding are so high), but hate the thought of the huge tax chunk I will have to pay in a year where I don’t have many other write offs (sold house in March in another state, decided to rent for a year in San Diego to watch what the housing market does). Any suggestions?