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    Default Tax deductibles??

    Hi everyone,
    I'm doing my own taxes and I had a question about tax deductibles. I was wondering cuz I have kaiser and this is my only form of income. I was wondering if I can deduct all the bills I received for last year. Also I bought a lot of outfits hair and make up. Can I put a biggr amount. Or can I get in trouble. I just don't want to go through all the receipts. What would you girls do or guys if your reading this.
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    Default Re: Tax deductibles??

    where many deductions are concerned, the IRS applies the 'housewife test' to determine if the expenses being deducted indeed have a business purpose. If a 'housewife' would buy the same outfits, or go to the same hair salon, or buy the same department store makeup ... with absolutely no business reason for doing so ... the IRS may question such deductions. But there is also another IRS principle regarding 'ordinary and necessary' business expenses, as well as shared percentage of personal versus business use.

    So if the outfits you bought cannot be worn in public under any circumstances, they will probably stand up as a 100% deduction. Hair salon and department store makeup purchases probably won't stand up as a 100% deduction, but the IRS probably wouldn't object to a 50% deduction ( with the other 50% being for personal use thus non-deductible ). But that's just my personal opinion. Different IRS auditors may view such deductions in different ways.

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