The cost of a part you buy is a deductible business expense, but it's certainly OK to charge the customer more for it; that's where profit comes from. You can charge less, too. Different things. However, lots of customers have to fill out expense reports, and so they know what the IRS deduction rate is. Charges a lot higher than that rate will be seen as expensive, but again, we're free to set our own prices, to attract work we want and to discourage work we don't. --Cy-- Cy Shuster, RPT ABQ, NM www.shusterpiano.com
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