Desperate Deductions

[David Andersen]

Hey, Phil---I'm teaching a couple classes at NEECSO. Awesome lineup  
of instructors (besides me) BTW. If you come I'll buy you a drink,  
for sure. Whattaya got to lose? Ask Bondi what good company I am.
xoxoDavid A.


On Apr 20, 2008, at 2:39 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote:

> Ed,
>
> So true!
>
> Phil,
>
> Get some last-minute deals on the internet and head up to Neecso  
> this weekend.  Then plan on Anaheim.
>
> I always come back energized and smarter.
>
> Barbara Richmond, RPT
> near Peoria, IL
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <A440A at aol.com>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 12:33 PM
> Subject: Re: Desperate Deductions
>
>
>> 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
>> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
>> www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
>> <BR><BR><BR>**************<BR>Need a new ride? Check out the  
>> largest site
>> for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos.<BR>
>> (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851)</HTML>
>
>