My accountant handles all that stuff for me, but I counted all my convention expenses as deductible business expense. They have to go in different categories, but that's what I pay the CPA for. Best $195 spent every year!
<br><br>JF<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:KeyKat88@aol.com">KeyKat88@aol.com</a></b> <<a href="mailto:KeyKat88@aol.com">KeyKat88@aol.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div> Can the registration fees be written off? The instructions on schedule C, line 24b say that only 50% of meals can be written off. If the Convention registrartion fee <em>includes </em>a banquet meal...what to do? I would guess just write the whole darn registration cost off, or is it 50% of the
<em>registration fee, <strong>because</strong> it includes a banquet meal</em> that can be taken?? ...Whart a parin in the a**. At this time of year it really burns me up and is so easy to think of uncle sam as SUCH a freaking
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