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Spark, Kindle, Ignite includes a number of helpful tax .
Claiming the Most Deductions
Of what benefit is it to take an expense deduction off your income? Well, it lowers your taxable income, so you pay less tax. I do understand; you don’t want to lower your income, you want to increase it. What I’m telling you is that one of the benefits of being in business is to increase how much of your income you can keep by paying less tax. That’s an excellent additional benefit of being in business for yourself. Researching other ordinary expenses to deduct off your income isn’t such an awful chore. Each of the costs of operating your business has a tax benefit. In addition to operating expenses, if there are tools that you need to conduct your business—a desk, shelving, etc.—you can depreciate them. More deductions you can take that aren’t allowable for a person who isn’t in business.
Depreciation is an income tax deduction for wear and tear and deterioration of property that you will use for longer than a year. It’s an annual deduction that lets you recover, over time, the cost of certain items your business owns. The kinds of property you can depreciate include machinery, equipment, buildings, vehicles, and furniture. You can’t claim depreciation on property held for personal purposes. If you use certain items, such as a car, for both business and personal purposes, you can depreciate only the business use of that property. Refer to IRS Publication 463: Travel, Entertainment, Gift, and Car Expenses.
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