Thread Of The Day » massage therapy http://threadoftheday.com Highlighting Interesting Forum Threads Found On The Internet Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:00:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Laundry Tax http://threadoftheday.com/2009/03/laundry-tax/ http://threadoftheday.com/2009/03/laundry-tax/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:03:22 +0000 ThreadOfTheDay.com http://threadoftheday.com/?p=442 TaxAlmanac.com has a forum where accountants discuss tax issues. In this thread, the tax man wants to know if his client, a massage therapist, can deduct doing laundry in her home machine. She has been deducting $4.00 per load.

http://www.taxalmanac.org/index.php/Discussion:Massage_therapist_laundry_deduction

Yes, it might cost that much at a laundromat, but $4.00 seems high to me. I’m not a professional, so there is a good chance I am wrong, but I have learned a few thing by doing my own taxes with software. I think at best, she could deduct a percentage of the depreciation on the washing machine, and deduct the laundry detergent if she purchased separate products for her business washings. Deducting part of the water bill would not be possible unless she is able to claim a home office, which isn’t always easy to do.

Another member couldn’t resist inserting a “happy endings” are messy joke.

Here is a link to download tax software:

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