Maybe you didn’t have your company set up right.... business checking account to separate your personal. A business address? Depending on your state home office is a no-no.
O/O tax write off
Discussion in 'Trucker Taxes and Truck Financing' started by mitmaks, Feb 25, 2019.
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Our CPA also advised us that if you have any broker fees charges for payment processing as well as factoring fees those are deductible.Rideandrepair Thanks this.
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yes any fees that are involved with any revenue creation or transaction.FoolsErrand and Rideandrepair Thank this.
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This why you charge yourself for parking. Gotta think outside the box. I charge myself for 3 parking spots every month. It adds up come tax time
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How does that benefit you? You are both the payor and the payee. Expense and revenue. No net change to your income?Rideandrepair and roshea Thank this.
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Talk to the accountant. He told me this is how you go about it. He said an office is to hard to prove.
*Note, i do not do my own taxes. I have a trusted accountant for that. He handles a lot of trucking company’s Philly, & South Jersey areasRideandrepair Thanks this. -
Don't forget to take your full per diem. Any expense related to your job.
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That’s why I would never let an accountant depreciate my home. A percentage of utilities only. Phone, internet, 100%KB3MMX Thanks this.
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You can write off Vehicle, 100% of a lease pymt on a Pick up or Van. Also per mile based deduction for use of an Owned vehicle used for business purposes, like getting parts, driving to DMV or ? Must keep a log of mileage, I’ve never done it myself. But have written lease payments on many vehicles over the years.Work clothes. Paper towels, laundry detergent, Entertainment such as books on tape
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Don’t forget health ins premiums paid. And all out of pocket ( deductible) costs for medicines etc. We total each separately, I’m not sure, but believe the formula they use for premium is a %, and the rest 100%. It changes so much, Accountant well worth the cost.
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