Some places it's a standard operating expense.
It goes under "business meals and entertainment" on Schedule C and you can only deduct half your costs.
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Ginger - Sep 14, 2011 1:23:53 pm PDT #505 of 1416
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Vortex - Sep 14, 2011 1:29:57 pm PDT #506 of 1416
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Does anyone know if can I deduct my expenses for this interview (parking, out of town meals) on my taxes as job search expenses?
Strix - Sep 14, 2011 1:45:43 pm PDT #507 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Parking and meals, no, and you can only deduct job-search expenses if you are looking for the same job in the same field, and if it comes to 2%+ of your AGI.
And thank you, you just gave me an idea for a blog post for my biz.
dcp - Sep 14, 2011 2:33:29 pm PDT #508 of 1416
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Vortex, see:
- page five of >[link]
and
- paragraph beginning "You may deduct travel expenses, including meals and lodging, you had in looking for a new job in your present trade or business." in >[link]
smonster - Sep 14, 2011 3:15:34 pm PDT #509 of 1416
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Mayhem and fear could also be a business model.
My supervisor and I sent in the short proposal for Throwbacks today! Woo hoo! We'll see if we make it to the next round. Totally pulled our financial number out of our proverbials.
Tom Scola - Sep 14, 2011 3:21:41 pm PDT #510 of 1416
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Mayhem and fear could also be a business model.
Mayhem and fear! And a fanatical devotion to the Pope!
amych - Sep 14, 2011 3:22:21 pm PDT #511 of 1416
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
And a fanatical devotion to the Pope!
From my reading of history, that's definitely a business model.
Zenkitty - Sep 15, 2011 8:05:44 am PDT #512 of 1416
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I just read this entire thread. You all are amazing.
What I need is a wife, someone to do the cooking and cleaning and admin trivia.
I've been wanting a wife for ages.
manufacture glass Mardi Gras beads locally from recycled beer and wine bottles.
That sounds fantastic! And I love
"Throwbacks: a reNOLAble resource"
I hope you will sell them outside of NOLA because I would buy some.
Toddson - Sep 15, 2011 8:12:01 am PDT #513 of 1416
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Mayhem and fear! And a fanatical devotion to the Pope!
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Ginger - Sep 15, 2011 11:28:48 am PDT #514 of 1416
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I've always wanted a wife, even (or particularly) when I had a husband. As someone once said about men, women and housework: The best women get is 50 percent; the best men get is 100 percent.
The campaigns for the beads and for recycling at Mardi Gras just write themselves. It would be great to have bins especially for glass bottles during Mardi Gras, with information about Throwbacks and recycling. Of course, it being Mardi Gras, you'd probably have to fish a lot of other crap out of the bins. Slogans: Show us your bottles! Mardi Gras is better the second time around!