Any creative ideas for reducing tax burden?

Buy a farm. You can then expense all of your hobby items.

You won't be able to perpetually lose money, as the IRS would catch on, but you can make very meager profits while generating strong net cash flow.

Do you have any links to places to read up on this. We have a large piece of land that we do not currently produce on, but I am interested to see what we would need to produce to qualify as a farm.

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You can then expense all of your hobby items.

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I wouldn't suggest this.

Four wheeler
Guns
Ammo
Mud boat (depending on property)
Lawn mower
Vehicle (at least partially)
Insurance
Fuel

The list goes on. All are legitimate farm expenses.

I'm on year 5 of loss after you add in depreciation, that bonus depreciation was the shite

I don't play games with the Feds. I've seen too many people made an example. I worry a lot about one property I have as it always loses money. The tax code is fairly ambiguous here. But long story short, a rental, or any property or investment not making money is defacto a passive income stream sheltering ordinary income, and ordinary income taxes. It's a red flag, and one better be able to prove they were at least trying to make income.

I tend to be very conservative as you can tell from my writing naked options, and other extremely conservative money strategies.