Comments on: I have a job in retail selling high end home fitness equipment. What can I write off if I keep receipts?? http://www.vinascuisine.com/home-fitness/i-have-a-job-in-retail-selling-high-end-home-fitness-equipment-what-can-i-write-off-if-i-keep-receipts Build Muscles at Home Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:51:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Gem http://www.vinascuisine.com/home-fitness/i-have-a-job-in-retail-selling-high-end-home-fitness-equipment-what-can-i-write-off-if-i-keep-receipts/comment-page-1#comment-5443 Gem Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:49:59 +0000 http://www.vinascuisine.com/home-fitness/i-have-a-job-in-retail-selling-high-end-home-fitness-equipment-what-can-i-write-off-if-i-keep-receipts#comment-5443 If you work in a set location, like a store/storefront, do little customer entertaining and don't already itemize your taxes, not much. Driving to and from work, and eating your own lunch, are not expensible on your taxes. Driving to a customers, taking a customer out to lunch, and buying office supplies may be. But in order to claim the expenses you have to have enough expenses to "beat" the standard deduction given to everyone. Save your receipts and see a tax professional in the spring.<br><b>References : </b><br>20+yrs accounting If you work in a set location, like a store/storefront, do little customer entertaining and don’t already itemize your taxes, not much.

Driving to and from work, and eating your own lunch, are not expensible on your taxes. Driving to a customers, taking a customer out to lunch, and buying office supplies may be.

But in order to claim the expenses you have to have enough expenses to "beat" the standard deduction given to everyone.

Save your receipts and see a tax professional in the spring.
References :
20+yrs accounting

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