Desperate Deductions

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Phil writes:

<< I just got finished with writing out the biggest check I have ever 

written, and it was to the IRS.  I gotta get me some deductions for next 

year!   I figure I better get my butt out to the convention this 

summer.  I know most of us are not tax attorneys, but could someone make 

me feel good and tell me about all the good deductions I can take by 

going out there?  >>

Greetings,  
    If you really want to feel good, congratulate yourself on having a good 
enough year to have tax problems. These are good problems and far better than 
being without work. 
   The deductions for attending the conventions, (and I write off every 
penny), are worth something, but in comparison to the value gotten from being there 
in classes and making contacts are so minor that going to the convention 
would be worth it even if you couldn't deduct it at all! 
Regards,  



Ed Foote RPT 
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