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Old Thu Apr 19, 2007, 03:53pm
The Roamin' Umpire The Roamin' Umpire is offline
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Originally Posted by Bob M.
REPLY: Most of my games amount to an 80-90 mile round trip. With no travel paid and an 2007 IRS mileage allowance of 48.5 cents/mile, a travel deduction of ~ $40 for each game on my taxes helps offset the income received from the game fee. And when you bundle in the expenses for clinics, travel to meetings, tolls, etc...
Wow - I'm kinda surprised. Then again, I forget that not all of Jersey is like the Shore Conference area. I'm from Toms River - three high schools in the same town! 40 miles one-way would get you to well over 50 different high schools.
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