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    Default Are these tax deductible?

    Are the following able to be written off on my taxes:
    Braces
    Plastic Surgery
    Gym membership
    Nail/hair appointments
    Costumes/shoes
    Hair extensions/makeup
    Studio lighting

    Since they all technically are there for me to be able to work, ya know it’s not like I enjoy any of these things!!! They’re for my career ok!

    Also when you go to file your taxes, does the person you go to help file them give you shit for what you try to write off? Are they generally judgemental of sex workers?

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    Default Re: Are these tax deductible?

    Plastic surgery, gym memberships, nail/hair appts, hair extensions/makeup are not deductible. You can still try to deduct but technically, you are not supposed to deduct anything that fails the housewife rule test. There are some housewives that want to and do look like strippers, so the deductions will not fly if audited.

    However, things like stage fees or tip outs are. Also, travel-related expenses should be, if you are living in areas known to be crappy money for stripping and you are constantly travelling to maximize earnings. Even moving to a more profitable area for your line of work should be deductible.

    HSA contributions, health care premiums sep-ira contributions, specialty shoes and make-up should be deductible.

    Not an accountant, but reiterating all that I've heard.

    However, some girl's accountants can be rather flexible with the deductions.

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    Default Re: Are these tax deductible?

    ^^
    Also what girls will do with things like makeup is keep all receipts and then write off 25-30% of it as "work use".

    Breast implants over a certain size may be tax deductible but most other procedures are not.

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    Default Re: Are these tax deductible?

    If you can get a sugar daddy to buy you implants, or possibly declare a portion of your income as gifts and use that money towards implants: That is the only way I know of possibly writing them off on taxes.

    I think the only make-up that is deductible must be theater make-up. Also, I'd think fake eyelashes or clip-in hair extensions would be deductible-that is, anything that you use specifically for work and take out after work.

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    Default Re: Are these tax deductible?

    Today maybe, tomorrow probably not.

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    Default Re: Are these tax deductible?

    Quote Originally Posted by ZeroSugarMonster View Post
    If you can get a sugar daddy to buy you implants, or possibly declare a portion of your income as gifts and use that money towards implants: That is the only way I know of possibly writing them off on taxes.

    I think the only make-up that is deductible must be theater make-up. Also, I'd think fake eyelashes or clip-in hair extensions would be deductible-that is, anything that you use specifically for work and take out after work.
    I'm not sure where or how you would ever "declare a portion of your income as gifts". The only way to do that is simply not declare the income...which is technically tax fraud. There is no such thing as a "gift" when it comes to clients and the IRS. Ever. Never let it cross your mind again. The concept does not exist (unless you actually do marry him )

    You can write off plastic surgery if you can get a doc to say that its medically necessary, even if only for your psychological well-being. Getting such a statement is kind of a big deal; a doc handing those out willy-nilly can get in hot water. Its fairly easy if you're correcting a deformity (one boob bigger than the other, for example) or balancing out a mastectomy. There was also a very extreme case of a porn star writing off her massive implants, but that involved a long, drawn-out court case and it was declared that it was not a precedent to be repeated.

    Fake eyelashes and clip ins would fail the housewife test...HOWEVER...you do have some leeway when it comes to buying things through theatrical supply stores.

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    Default Re: Are these tax deductible?

    Quote Originally Posted by ZeroSugarMonster View Post
    If you can get a sugar daddy to buy you implants, or possibly declare a portion of your income as gifts and use that money towards implants: That is the only way I know of possibly writing them off on taxes.
    Gifts are not income, but they are not deductible either. Further, gifts are subject to the gift tax, so the giver has to file a gift tax return if the gift is over $14,000 in one year. That is total to the recipient. Thus, two $8,000 gifts to the same recipient in one calendar year would trigger the gift tax return filing requirement. Also, there is a lifetime limit of $10.98 million as of 2017. Once a giver reaches that total over his or her lifetime, the tax kicks in at a robust 45%.

    I think the only make-up that is deductible must be theater make-up. Also, I'd think fake eyelashes or clip-in hair extensions would be deductible-that is, anything that you use specifically for work and take out after work.
    Correct. Theatrical makeup is deductible. Incorrect as to fake eyelashes, clip-ins and the like. Also gym memberships, and pole classes are not deductible. However, if you are already a dancer, a good argument can be made for pole dance classes being deductible.

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    Default Re: Are these tax deductible?

    Quote Originally Posted by ZeroSugarMonster View Post
    If you can get a sugar daddy to buy you implants, or possibly declare a portion of your income as gifts and use that money towards implants: That is the only way I know of possibly writing them off on taxes.
    Gifts are not income, but they are not deductible either. Further, gifts are subject to the gift tax, so the giver has to file a gift tax return if the gift is over $14,000 in one year. That is total to the recipient. Thus, two $8,000 gifts to the same recipient in one calendar year would trigger the gift tax return filing requirement. Also, there is a lifetime limit of $10.98 million as of 2017. Once a giver reaches that total over his or her lifetime, the tax kicks in at a robust 45%.

    I think the only make-up that is deductible must be theater make-up. Also, I'd think fake eyelashes or clip-in hair extensions would be deductible-that is, anything that you use specifically for work and take out after work.
    Correct. Theatrical makeup is deductible. Incorrect as to fake eyelashes, clip-ins and the like. Also gym memberships, and pole classes are not deductible. However, if you are already a dancer, a good argument can be made for pole dance classes being deductible.

    HTH
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    Quote Originally Posted by KatyBoleyn View Post
    You can write off plastic surgery if you can get a doc to say that its medically necessary, even if only for your psychological well-being. Getting such a statement is kind of a big deal; a doc handing those out willy-nilly can get in hot water. Its fairly easy if you're correcting a deformity (one boob bigger than the other, for example) or balancing out a mastectomy.
    Well, only as a medical expense on your form 1040, schedule A. And subject to a limit that only those medical expenses that exceed 10% of your adjusted gross income are deductible. Thus, if you report an AGI of $100,000 and medical expenses for plastic surgery of $15,000, you can deduct $5,000 as a medical expense.

    On schedule C, you can deduct a boob job, if you are a dancer and the implants are "exceptionally large." Specifically the Tax Court found that implants weighing 10 pounds and increasing the bra size to 56N met the test for an ordinary and necessary business expense deduction. Hess v. CIR, T.C. Summary Opinion 1994-79, 1994 U.S. Tax Ct. LEXIS 88. (U.S. Tax Court, 1994). Anything short of 10 pounds and some ridiculous bra size, not going to be deductible at all.

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    Default Re: Are these tax deductible?

    Quote Originally Posted by Zofia View Post
    Gifts are not income, but they are not deductible either. Further, gifts are subject to the gift tax, so the giver has to file a gift tax return if the gift is over $14,000 in one year. That is total to the recipient. Thus, two $8,000 gifts to the same recipient in one calendar year would trigger the gift tax return filing requirement. Also, there is a lifetime limit of $10.98 million as of 2017. Once a giver reaches that total over his or her lifetime, the tax kicks in at a robust 45%.

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    The other side of the gift issue is that the gift must be given with charitable disinterest or other like tendencies. There have been several court cases where this has not flown when talking about your sugarbaby or other favorite sex worker. "Gifts" from a client are not gifts. If you do end up marrying the guy, you can claim that they were given in contemplation of marriage or as part of courtship. There was even a court case where the woman agreed NOT to do sex work in exchange for various "gifts" and it was ruled that it was payment for contractual obligations.

    Regardless, it will go to court and it will create a mess whether you win or lose. This is why I advise never to even think about the word gift when it comes to your taxes. There are no gifts in sex work.

    Extreme high-dollar ballers have good accountants and lawyers to bend or break any rule imaginable, and go to court for them later. The majority here do not have these resources and are not playing in that league.

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