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Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.
ILRef80:
Why would you think that meals, laundry, etic, are gray areas. I agree that the home officie expense is an impossible standard to meet but not some of the other areas.
If you and your partner(s) eat together after the game and discuss rules and mechanics that makes the meal deductable. Think about all of the officiating laundry you do over the course of the year, go to a laundrymat and see how much it costs to wash (including soap, bleach, etc.) and dry just one load, and you have a good idea of how much you spend on laundry and then add drycleaning to that cost.
I am a member of NASO, so I also purchase the NASO Game Fee Replacement Insurance, and that is a dollar for dollar deduction.
If you have loan on the car that you use for officiating, the pro-rated amount of interest on the loan is an interesst deduction. The interest deduction is not covered in the mileage deduction.
MTD, Sr.
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Fair enough. You make good points. It's just not worth it, in my cases. I work in several conferences and belong to a number of associations, so the dues/mileage really add up. My deductions take care of most of my officiating income. I only have to pay a few game checks to take care of the taxes, so in my case, it's better to just take the straight-forward, no question deductions and not have to worry about the hassle of an audit.
I wasn't questioning the legitimacy of the deductions themselves.
