A clear table has nothing under it.
The name is the method. Every rule we print is laid out where you can check it: the government page it comes from, the year its figures belong to, and the arithmetic done once in the open before you do your own.
Why we exist
Some of the largest financial decisions in a life are made once, late, with no practice run, on the word of whoever happens to be in the room. When to claim Social Security. Which Medicare road to take. Whether a health savings account has to stop. The rules behind each one are public. They are also scattered across three government websites and written for lawyers, so almost nobody reads them.
Clear Table Press publishes workbooks that do the reading for you and then get out of the way. Each page states one rule, shows the math for a made-up person, cites the source, and hands you the blanks. The point is not to tell you what to do. It is to let you see your own number, on paper, with the rule beside it.
What we publish
Fill-in workbooks at full letter size, in 13-point type, on decisions people usually take on someone else's word. Paperback and Kindle, sold on Amazon. The worksheets from every book are a free PDF at a short address printed on the last page, so a reader can print a fresh copy for a second try or for a parent.
What every book has to pass.
A source beside every rule
If a sentence says what a rule is, the government page it comes from is named on the same spread. Readers should never have to take our word for it.
Every figure carries its year
Dollar amounts are labeled with the year they belong to. New figures publish every autumn; the free worksheet set is updated the week they appear, and a new edition follows in January.
The arithmetic is shown once
A small cast of made-up people carries the examples. Their numbers are round on purpose, so you can follow every multiplication before you do your own.
Corrections in the open
If we get a rule or a figure wrong, the fix goes into the worksheet set immediately and into the next printing, and it is noted on the book's page here. Send corrections to [email protected].
No selling from inside the book
No agent, no lead form, no annuity pitch. The only thing a book asks of a reader is an honest review if it helped.
Educational, not advice
Our books explain rules and show arithmetic. They are not financial, legal, or tax advice, and the press is not affiliated with any government agency.