Non-Professional Tax Opinions...

[kristenrice]

Not unique to this line of work, but you really hit the key point. Everything is deductible until you get audited and it gets tossed out. Our tax code is really based on the honor system. It is worth it for the IRS to audit you, to uncover incorrect deductions that might generate a few hundred dollars in tax?

I'm certainly not looking for deductions that may be questionable or inappropriate. I've never deducted any work related expenses in the past, simply because I am never sure of what is an acceptable deduction.

Everyone has given me a lot of things to think about. Thank you so much.