Holiday Party Deductions If you’re hosting a holiday get together for employees, you can slide right by the regular entertainment rules. Instead, you can deduct 100% of your costs – and you don’t even have to talk about business. Just make sure that all your employees are invited. To get the full write-off, you can’t […]
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Start Up Costs – Costs Of Organizing A Corporation
Start Up Costs – Costs Of Organizing A Corporation The costs of organizing a corporation are direct costs of creating the corporation. Clients can amortize an organizational cost only if it meets all of the following requirements: It is for the creation of the corporation; It is chargeable to a capital account; The client could […]
Start Up Costs – Deductions
Start Up Costs – Deductions – How To Handle Clients Expenses For Starting A New Business With new small businesses proliferating-on the Web, in the home, or wherever-tax return preparers frequently have to grapple with the issue of business start-up expenses. The rules for deducting ordinary and necessary business expenses do not apply to start-costs. […]
Home Office – Sale Of Residence
Home Office – Sale Of Residence Q. We bought our house for $378,000 five years ago. I installed an office in the basement for my business at a cost of about $25,000. I claimed home office deductions the last four years. Now we’re selling the house for $391,000. Since I’m selling at a $12,000 loss, […]
Home Office Deductions
Home Office Deductions Taxpayers who have “paperwork only” home offices, but do their income-producing work elsewhere, can claim home office deductions starting in 1999. A taxpayer can claim the deduction if the home office is used for administrative or management work and there is no other fixed location where a substantial amount of administrative or […]