[pianotech] Tax Question (Business Travel)

John Formsma formsma at gmail.com
Mon Jan 18 08:01:07 MST 2010


I've heard that a trip must be at least half business in order to qualify
for a deduction.

So if you tune Aunt Sally's piano on your week-long vacation, you can't
claim business deductions for any of your trip.

--
JF

On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Tom Driscoll <tomtuner at verizon.net> wrote:

>  Matt,
>  I asked my preparer that question some years ago and he advised that I
> would be asking for trouble if they took a close look. A dedicated trip that
> is business related is deductable , but if that trip entails costs for more
> than yourself for more days that the task requires and includes deductions
> for activities not related to the task it could raise a question .
>   I had seen one of these TV financial programs where it was suggested that
> a vacation could be deducted if you went on a job interview and my guy --who
> by the way can be quite creative whilst staying within the rules-- said NO !
>
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