Your best bet is to contact a tax specialist. That would not necessarily mean the IRS, unless you want to call at least three times and average out the answers you get. IRS telephone people are about as reliable with tax information as, well, piano techs. Notice that your first response started out with "I believe..." Piano tech business writer or not, I wouldn't bank solely on that reply as a defense with the IRS. <br><br>Plus, rules change from year to year, depending on how needy the government is (ahem).<br><br>Paul Bruesch<br>Stillwater, MN<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 14, 2008 11:37 AM, <<a href="mailto:KeyKat88@aol.com"> KeyKat88@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div>Greetings,</div> <div> </div> <div>        If I went to the MARC in April, can I deduct the whole price of the convention paid to PTG or 50% of it there? In the 1040 instruction book, first it states that you cant deduct fees of a club or association such as a golf or country club reguardless where professional friends socialising, then in the same paragraph, it states that "But this does not include...proffessional orgs, business leagues and trade associations. So is it 50% of the MARC fee to deduct or what?  Also, what line on Schedule C do I deduct <i>regular</i> PTG national and local dues? These instructions are not specific.  </div> <div> </div> <div>Thank You,</div> <div>Julia Gottshall</div> <div>Reading, PA</div><br><br><br><div><font style="color: black; font-family: ARIAL,SAN-SERIF; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> <hr style="margin-top: 10px;">Start the year off right. <a title="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" href="http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489" target="_blank"> Easy ways to stay in shape</a> in the new year. </font></div></div> </blockquote></div><br>