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Hello. I have some questions about travel and taxes. Can anyone here tell me under what circumstances travel can be written off? I would appreciate a link to this information if you have one. I am a self-employed writer and have taken two weeklong trips for research this year. It would be fantastic if I could deduct my expenses. Final question: I assume I will need to itemize my deductions. I have never had to do this on my taxes in the past. I prefer to file online. Will I still be able to use an online filing service if I have to itemize? I hope someone here can point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance. Sincerely, Korbin |
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Maybe an idea to tell us what country you live in as tax laws are different
all over the world. "Korbin" wrote in message ... Hello. I have some questions about travel and taxes. Can anyone here tell me under what circumstances travel can be written off? I would appreciate a link to this information if you have one. I am a self-employed writer and have taken two weeklong trips for research this year. It would be fantastic if I could deduct my expenses. Final question: I assume I will need to itemize my deductions. I have never had to do this on my taxes in the past. I prefer to file online. Will I still be able to use an online filing service if I have to itemize? I hope someone here can point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance. Sincerely, Korbin |
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1) The GENERAL rule is that you may deduct those ACTUAL and REASONABLE
expenditures that are REQUIRED to earn income. 2) This MAY include "research", but it probably WON'T cover a 2-week trip to Paris just because you MIGHT write an article about it for an unspecified publication at a futurer, unspecified date. OTOH, if you have a REAL track record of published articles about travel destinations in the past, it is much easier to convince the tax authorities about the value of future trips. To determine if you can "get away with it" this year, try this test: Stand naked in front of your bathroom mirror, and read Paragraphs 1 and 2 above out loud, with appropriate emphasison the capiutalized words. If you can manage to do so without blushing somewhere on your body, give it a try! "Korbin" wrote in message ... Hello. I have some questions about travel and taxes. Can anyone here tell me under what circumstances travel can be written off? I would appreciate a link to this information if you have one. I am a self-employed writer and have taken two weeklong trips for research this year. It would be fantastic if I could deduct my expenses. Final question: I assume I will need to itemize my deductions. I have never had to do this on my taxes in the past. I prefer to file online. Will I still be able to use an online filing service if I have to itemize? I hope someone here can point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance. Sincerely, Korbin |
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