<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Julia: If you are self employed as a piano technician you may should be using the self employment tax form.</DIV> <DIV>Gerald McCleskey RPT</DIV> <DIV>Shreveport, LA</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=KeyKat88@aol.com href="mailto:KeyKat88@aol.com">KeyKat88@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 14, 2008 11:37 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Sched C, line 24b of Federal Inome tax </DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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 <EM>regular</EM> 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="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>