April 20, 2005

Writers' tax deductibles

Today's MFA meeting - I learn that I could have deducted tax on lots of things because of my writing. Office space - the space of my desk and bookshelves in my home - paper, books, journals, magazines, postage, and even plays and movies (for inspiration, apparently). And it'll all be fine with IRS as long as you show that your writing makes some profit.

In any case, this information arrives too late.

Posted by Monoceros at April 20, 2005 10:46 PM
Comments

well not too bad lah. claim back quite a bit already... :) hopefully the check will turn up!

Posted by: LK at April 28, 2005 12:11 PM

At least u rem to file, my colleague who came back late last year, was so busy she forgot to file her US tax returns and can't get her refund back from the US tax authorities!! That's even sadder.

Posted by: fatgirl at April 28, 2005 12:19 PM

No worries, I'm not too concerned about this year. Not much profit anyway!

Posted by: monoceros at April 30, 2005 10:33 AM