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Tax Tips Small Business

Clothing for Your Job is Not Always Deductible
Understanding the rules

Many taxpayers are required to maintain a certain personal appearance or wear special clothing for work. However, not all your purchases for work-related attire or personal grooming reap a tax deduction. If you are required to wear a uniform or other special clothing that has the name of your employer or some other logo on it, that cost is deductible as a miscellaneous employee business deduction.
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Small Business Quick Tip

Instead of deducting the actual expenses for the business use of your vehicle, opt for the standard mileage rate. In 2008, you can deduct 50.5 cents for each business mile you drive (58.5 cents for each business mile you drive after July 1st).
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Tax Tips Personal

Interest on Summer Recreation May Be Deductible

Your motor home or boat could yield a deduction

If you own a boat or motor home that is fully equipped with kitchen and sanitary facilities and you use it as a "second" home, the interest you pay on it is probably deductible on your tax return. Although a fishing boat without facilities won't qualify, most motor homes and campers do. If you're looking to buy a boat that doesn't qualify as a second home, you may want to consider paying for it with a home equity loan. That way, the interest is generally deductible. As with most tax rules, there are exceptions and limits so check with a tax expert before you sign on the dotted line.

Personal Quick Tip

 

Beginning January 1, 2008, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (including vans, pickups, or panel trucks) are:
  • 50.5 cents per mile for business miles driven (58.5 cents per mile for miles driven after July 1, 2008);
  • 19 cents per mile for all miles driven for medical or moving purposes (27 cents per mile for miles driven after July 1, 2008); and
  • 14 cents per mile for all miles drive for charitable purposes.