Do you have a sideline activity that you think of as a business? From this sideline activity, are you claiming tax losses on your Form 1040? Tax Law Will the IRS consider your sideline a business and allow your loss deductions? The IRS likes to claim that...
When you travel out of town overnight, you need to know the tax-home rule. The IRS defines your tax-home, and it’s not necessarily in the same town where you have your personal residence. Tax Law If you have more than one business location, one of the locations...
When you travel to a business location where you spend the night, you are in travel status. But will the tax rules make this a business or personal night? Tax Law The rules also affect your costs during the day. When you have an overnight business travel day,...
Do you claim a tax deduction for a home office? Should you include or exclude your garage space in your calculations of business-use percentage? The Culp’s Case Ronald Culp earned an office deduction for 78 percent of his home. That’s a nice percentage,...
With the COVID-19 pandemic still going on, you may be spending more time working from your home office. You may have taken some extra rooms for your business use. Is that okay? Section 280A(c) states that you may claim a home office based on the portion of the...
