Can a dancer write off her fake boobs as a business expense? Just wondering! /:O
PS - sorry if this has been asked before. Did a seach on it and got too many loosely related topics only...
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Can a dancer write off her fake boobs as a business expense? Just wondering! /:O
PS - sorry if this has been asked before. Did a seach on it and got too many loosely related topics only...
this was just asked a couple of days ago
http://www.stripperweb.com/forum/showthread.php?t=81923
Thank you!
Any plastic sugery deal is a write off. We have to primp, which comes ut of my pocket. We are independent contractors. So keep recpiets.
I would write off my lipo too. Damn son, it's a part of the business.
^You should do a search about that... Because it's untrue. Melonie is better at explaining it... But unless you get something done that a "normal" woman wouldn't (like HUGE HUGE boobs), you can't prove that it was really for work.
*sigh*
that would mean reading.
By sophie's logic, we can write off shampoo and dental floss. Go for it. I don't care.
I recently read about lots of actors in new york have been doing this, as well as all food, entertainment (even if it's unrelated.). All makeup, clothing...... to me that's bullshit. Ya, lots of stuff is a for work thing, but not everything! Way to take advantage of the system... lol, but if it works for them.........
^^^ where the IRS is concerned, every deduction works until the IRS decides that it doesn't work. So sure it's possible that NY actors or exotic dancers can write off anything they choose to and in so doing reduce their taxes. However, if and when they are audited, the IRS will review not only the current year's deductions but also deductions taken in previous years. If they decide certain deductions that were taken weren't legitimate, they'll disallow them. This will raise the current year's tax bill, but will also raise past years' tax bills too ... additional tax which be immediately due with interest attached.
Where the subject of breast implants for dancers is concerned, the IRS has issued a specific letter ruling on the subject. Basically, in order for breast implants to be deductible as a business expense, they must be so large as to offer no positive contribution whatsoever to the girl's normal life. This is generally interpreted to mean that any 'catalog' implant smaller than 1000cc rating does not qualify, as housewives with no business reasons to do so get 'catalog' implants put in all the time.
I think the only way you could pull off implants as a tax writeoff is if you have written documentation from a club or clubs that they would not hire you if your breasts are small.
You can maybe justify it under medical expenses, though;). If you are self employed, most meidcal expenses are a tax deduction. That is about to change with new legislation coming up, but for now you can claim your out of pocket medical expenses against your gross income. If braces and tooth whitening treatments qualify for a tax deduction, I don't see why not for breast implants.
*Please seek the advice of a tax accountant before attempting any of these deductions.
Just because you write something off one year and don't get audited/fined/whatever doesn't mean that it won't come back in a few years and happen.
Once you've been dishonest with the IRS and they catch you, you open the door for them to audit any return they'd like.
Write off whatever you want. Knowing that its probably not going to be accepted.
However, if you ARE going to write this off...I would suggest low-balling the write off and only claiming 50% (or less). Here is the question: If you were not a dancer, would you have gotten: 1) your nails done 2) your hair done 3) liposuction 4) boob job, etc.
In most cases, the answer is yes and so you cannot claim that what you did was strictly for work.
But, as usual, deduct whatever you want...just don't be surprised if it comes back with a nice big, steel-toed boot.
oh, don't get me wrong....I don't think it's taking advantage of the system. I think it's dumb, unless you think audits are fun.
How many years can the IRS look back on? Is there a limit?
it's three years to perform a general audit, but there is no time limit if you commit fraud or significantly under-report
Nails, hair. tanning, cabs, boobs, lipo---they ar all tax wite offs. We are entertainers and we pay them to work.
I write off lipo.....
yeah, you posted that already
^^^ the problem with lipo and boob jobs is that the US Congress passed specific legislation declaring that ALL cosmetic surgeries undertaken for reasons other than medical necessity are strictly of personal value, and as such are NOT tax deductible either as a personal medical expense or as a business expense. The Cynthia Hess letter ruling re 1000cc+ implants created an exception to this legislation.
As Venus, Emily and I are all saying, there's nobody stopping you from writing off cosmetic surgeries on your tax return ... other than the IRS. If they don't pay attention to your tax return this year, then your taxes will be reduced. On the other hand, if they DO pay attention to your tax return this year, then the IRS will argue/disallow the deduction and charge you the extra taxes due. If they don't pay attention to your tax return this year, but DO pay attention to that tax return 3 years from now, they will still argue/disallow the deduction plus charge you the extra taxes due - plus 3 years worth of interest - plus a very high probability that they will go over all of your recent tax returns with a fine tooth comb.
Where any self-employed person / independent contractor business is concerned, and particularly so in a cash business, the IRS knows that much of the accuracy of business accounting depends on the 'credibility' of the person. If the IRS catches a self-employed person giving themself every possible benefit of the doubt, that person begins to lose 'credibility'.
Loss of credibility can also migrate into the IRS arguing that your amount of total reported income is too low ... something which is impossible to disprove where most/all of the income reporting is based solely on the 'word' of the filer without W2's or 1099's to back it up, and the only documentation is a notebook or spreadsheet where all of the entries were made by that person. As was the case with some NY dancers a while back, if other dancers are telling the NY Post that they are earning 2 grand a night, and if you are reporting $500 a night, how can you prove that you didn't actually earn $1000 or $1500 or $2000 instead of the $500 you reported ? The answer is that you can't, because the self-generated notebook or spreadsheet entry amounts of $500 a night cannot be proven accurate. Should the IRS look at your tax returns versus tax returns of other dancers who also work at your club, and also look at your apartment, your car, your bank balances etc. and make a judgement that you were lying when you reported $500. you're screwed. In that situation the IRS could say that they 'estimate' your actual earnings to be $1000 a night instead of the $500 you reported, translating into a tax bill for an extra $40,000 which you have no official documentation to support a dispute in tax court !
Thus stretching the limits with the IRS is not a recommended practice unless you're in a position of having official documentation to prove everything you report (or don't report).
Actually, you are wrong. You cannot write off cabs if you are working at only one club. Just like you cannot write off cab fare from your home to your usual place of work.
I don't know how many times this needs to be said. Independant contractor or not...you cannot write off "travel" if you work at the same club every night.
Do what you want...just let me know how the steel toed boot feels. ::)
I think she just clicks on threads at random, doesn't read them, and makes a post about whatever she feels like? That is my theory. ::)
Sophie, remember... if you get audited and have to pay all those fines, you can't afford any more lipo... Just warning ya, you know. :)
MY gosh...this is crazy...i don't know how many times they can say the same thing...YES TRY IT...BUT DON'T BE SURPRISED IF IT DOESN'T WORK AND IN THE EYES OF THE IRS IT MAKES YOU SUSPECT...THUS THEY WILL WATCH ALL FUTURE/PAST RETURNS. So do it at your own risk.
I do have one question though. And i haven't seen it addressed on this thread...although it may be on another thread, and if so then my apoligies.
But at our club, we have to pay a fee to work every night...as i'm sure most clubs do. My question is this. Is that house fee tax deductable? and if so, should I get the house fee out of the ATM they provide at the club so that I have proof of where it came from, etc???
^^^ any true house fees / locker rent / stage fees which are paid directly to the club ARE legitimate business expense tax deductions. So are mandatory tipouts to the DJ, bartender, bouncer etc. IF (and this is a big if) those persons are actual employees of the club. However, if the DJ, bartender, bouncer etc. are also independent contractors, then tipouts can only be legally deducted as a business expense if the person attempting to take the deduction issues a 1099 to the DJ, bartender, bouncer etc. showing the total amount of payments they received from the person in 2006. Lacking the issuance of a 1099 by the person attempting to take the business expense tax deduction for money paid to independent contractor DJ's, bartenders, bouncers etc., that money is considered to be a non-deductible charitable gift by the IRS.
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