[CAUT] PTG Dues

[Jeff Tanner]

On Jan 7, 2008, at 9:04 PM, itunepiano at aol.com wrote:

> I would think most full time Cauts would tune at least a few pianos  
> on the side, which would then qualify for deductions on a scheduled  
> C.  They could even take a business loss (deducting more expense  
> than income) if they wanted for two consecutive years (the third  
> year loss causes the IRS to call it a "hobby", not a business.  I  
> once took a business loss on a band I played in -  Deducted  
> equipment purchases against a pitiful income!  Bob.
>

That really isn't the point.  The point is, that this is yet one more  
deduction that the self-employed tech gets with no restrictions that  
the employee does not.


On Jan 7, 2008, at 9:35 PM, Elwood Doss wrote:
> Change accountants.
> Joy!
> Elwood
>
>

I like my accountant.  He gets me more money back than I know how to  
do and he is quite reasonable.  He does taxes and I do pianos.  I  
used to do my own taxes back when I was just getting a W-2, but after  
it got complicated I turned it over to somebody who spends their time  
with taxes.

I took him copies of the three articles Randy Potter wrote for the  
PTJ a couple years back and he read them and told me you just can't  
do some of that stuff.

Jeff Tanner, RPT
University of South Carolina



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