No, my accountant said, " After four or five years paying into a new car the deductions are not that great anymore, and thating the milage is best overall at that point." If you drive 20 thousand miles a year times .31 = $6,200 thats a good deduction in anybodys book. Lenny Childs, RPT Childs Piano Service San Antonio, TX lenny@stic.net ---------- > From: Pianotoone@aol.com > To: pianotech@byu.edu > Subject: Re: taxes - soaked for extra $ > Date: Saturday, April 12, 1997 9:29 AM > > I have found that I am better off taking the standard milage deduction. This > year it was $.31 a mile. A lot less hassle and not much difference in the > long run. Am I missing something. > > By the way you folks using accountants might take a look at Quickbooks. It > is extrememly easy to do your own bookeeping. You can download a trial copy > for free at their website. www.intuit.com I think. Couple this with > Turbotax also an Intuit product. It took me about 2.5 hours to do my taxes > this year. And the program even figured the amount and printed out the W-2's > for quarterly payments. Try it you'll like it. The turbo tax program cost > $13.00 after rebates. Considerably less than an accountant. > > Best > Dick Day > Marshall MI
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