---------- > From: Joel Rappaport <joelr@flash.net> > To: pianotech@byu.edu > Subject: Re: taxes - soaked for extra $ > Date: Wednesday, April 09, 1997 10:44 PM > > PatWilbur@aol.com wrote: > > > > James Grebe wrote: > > > > >I don't know about you guys but I got soaked for another > > >> thousand extra this year towards last year. > > > > For what? By any chance, was it a penalty for not making quarterly estimated > > tax payments? You are supposed to send quarterly payments towards your tax if > > you are self-employed. > > Dear Joel, True about the home office stuff, but I keep telling my tax lady it is not a home office but a shop. I don't use my shop full of saws and tools for dining. James Grebe > Another thing we have to watch out for is claiming business use of part > of the house for "office in the home." Relatively recent tax court > cases have held that the "office" has to be not just where we do > paperwork and make appointments, but has to be the principal place of > business. For us, that is where we tune the pianos. We don't do that > in OUR houses. Nor do we do rebuilding in the room that used to be our > dining room but now has the computer, printer, fax/answering machine, > office supplies and so forth. So unless customers bring their pianos to > our (former) dining room for service, we can't claim office in the > home. If they catch you, look out! > > Joel Rappaport > Information Given for Free--Refunds Available > --Don't rely on me for tax advice; I am not a CPA nor do I play one on > TV--
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