Posted by Ohioguy on December 29, 2010, 12:27 pm
Have any of you ever successfully deducted the cost of a trip on your
taxes? If so, I want to hear from you!
My wife and I will soon be taking a cruise out of Puerto Rico, on the
Caribbean Princess. Including the airfare, this will be our single
biggest cost of the entire year.
Now that everything is set up, I find myself wondering if there is
any way to write off some of the costs on our taxes. I write for a
magazine, and the editor just asked me to write a couple of articles
with a rather short deadline. The articles are due soon after the
cruise, which means that I've already started doing the footwork.
However, I may need to do the bulk of the writing on the cruise itself -
when I have time to write without the normal distractions of changing
diapers, cleaning up pencil marks on the walls, etc., etc.
I'm wondering if this is even a possibility, or not. Thanks for any
of your thoughts!
Posted by Rod Speed on December 29, 2010, 3:46 pm
Ohioguy wrote:
> Have any of you ever successfully deducted the cost of a trip on
> your taxes? If so, I want to hear from you!
> My wife and I will soon be taking a cruise out of Puerto Rico, on
> the Caribbean Princess. Including the airfare, this will be our
> single biggest cost of the entire year.
> Now that everything is set up, I find myself wondering if there is
> any way to write off some of the costs on our taxes. I write for a
> magazine, and the editor just asked me to write a couple of articles
> with a rather short deadline. The articles are due soon after the
> cruise, which means that I've already started doing the footwork.
> However, I may need to do the bulk of the writing on the cruise
> itself - when I have time to write without the normal distractions of
> changing diapers, cleaning up pencil marks on the walls, etc., etc.
> I'm wondering if this is even a possibility, or not.
Not.
> Thanks for any of your thoughts!
Even fantasys about gunning down the Pope ?
Posted by Mrs Irish Mike on December 29, 2010, 5:43 pm
/> Not.
> > Thanks for any of your thoughts!
> Even fantasys about gunning down the Pope ?
The ramblings of a drug addled mind, deprived of suffecient oxygen
housed in the body of a "fuckwit".
Posted by Mrs Irish Mike on December 29, 2010, 5:41 pm
> Have any of you ever successfully deducted the cost of a trip on your
> taxes? If so, I want to hear from you!
> My wife and I will soon be taking a cruise out of Puerto Rico, on the
> Caribbean Princess. Including the airfare, this will be our single
> biggest cost of the entire year.
> Now that everything is set up, I find myself wondering if there is
> any way to write off some of the costs on our taxes. I write for a
> magazine, and the editor just asked me to write a couple of articles
> with a rather short deadline. The articles are due soon after the
> cruise, which means that I've already started doing the footwork.
> However, I may need to do the bulk of the writing on the cruise itself -
> when I have time to write without the normal distractions of changing
> diapers, cleaning up pencil marks on the walls, etc., etc.
> I'm wondering if this is even a possibility, or not. Thanks for any
> of your thoughts!
Better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. Try it and
see. Don't deduct the entire crusie, just the time you spend working,
that way you weren't cheating just didn't understand the
interpretation.
Back when the top tax rate was above 80%, many people would spend
money just because it was such a deal with the tax break. Clothing for
work with the tax deduction could mean 80% off. Martinis were real
cheap if work was discussed during the drinking. I believe high taxes
spurred alot of spending.
Posted by a real cheapskate on December 30, 2010, 5:49 pm
> > Have any of you ever successfully deducted the cost of a trip on your
> > taxes? If so, I want to hear from you!
> > My wife and I will soon be taking a cruise out of Puerto Rico, on the
> > Caribbean Princess. Including the airfare, this will be our single
> > biggest cost of the entire year.
> > Now that everything is set up, I find myself wondering if there is
> > any way to write off some of the costs on our taxes. I write for a
> > magazine, and the editor just asked me to write a couple of articles
> > with a rather short deadline. The articles are due soon after the
> > cruise, which means that I've already started doing the footwork.
> > However, I may need to do the bulk of the writing on the cruise itself -
> > when I have time to write without the normal distractions of changing
> > diapers, cleaning up pencil marks on the walls, etc., etc.
> > I'm wondering if this is even a possibility, or not. Thanks for any
> > of your thoughts!
> Sure, it's a possibility. It's called tax fraud, you tax evading cheat! Are
> you ever willing to pay your fair share of taxes?- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
well a group I used to belong too has a annual cruise / trip to exotic
locations, the group NSSEA, national school supply equiptement
association.
The entire cruise is tax deductible with meetings training etc, that
meet IRS rules. one year they went to the filming location of blue
lagoon, a resort rather than a cruise. all perfectly tax deductible.
so yes it is if you follow the rules
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> your taxes? If so, I want to hear from you!
> My wife and I will soon be taking a cruise out of Puerto Rico, on
> the Caribbean Princess. Including the airfare, this will be our
> single biggest cost of the entire year.
> Now that everything is set up, I find myself wondering if there is
> any way to write off some of the costs on our taxes. I write for a
> magazine, and the editor just asked me to write a couple of articles
> with a rather short deadline. The articles are due soon after the
> cruise, which means that I've already started doing the footwork.
> However, I may need to do the bulk of the writing on the cruise
> itself - when I have time to write without the normal distractions of
> changing diapers, cleaning up pencil marks on the walls, etc., etc.
> I'm wondering if this is even a possibility, or not.
Not.
> Thanks for any of your thoughts!