Tax info

[Ohioref3]

Does anyone have any good info on tax breaks for sports officials. I do get a w2 and am about to do my taxes and was wondering what are good writeoffs for officials

[BktBallRef]

There are no "tax breaks." You can deduct your expenses for :

Uniforms and equipment
Membership fees
Camps
Magazines and training publications
Travel

[26 Year Gap]

Michael Richards: "It's a write-off for them."

Seinfeld: "How is it a write-off?"

Richards: "They just write it off."

Seinfeld: "Write it off what?"

Richards: "Jerry, all these big companies -- they write-off everything."

Seinfeld: "You don't even know what a write-off is."

Richards: "Do you?"

Seinfeld: "No, I don't."

Richards: "But they do, and they're the ones writing it off."

[ChuckElias]

Michael Richards? Don't you mean Cosmo Kramer? Nobody's ever heard of Michael Richards.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Michael Richards? Don't you mean Cosmo Kramer? Nobody's ever heard of Michael Richards.

I knew that Cosmo Kramer was played by the actor Michael Richards and I didn't even watch Siefield.

MTD, Sr.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Michael Richards? Don't you mean Cosmo Kramer? Nobody's ever heard of Michael Richards.

Sorry...it was 'cut and paste' not 'cut and edit and paste'. The whole site is like that...probably an illegitimate site. The 'Newman' conversations are even stranger.

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by ChuckElias

Michael Richards? Don't you mean Cosmo Kramer? Nobody's ever heard of Michael Richards.

Not that there's anything wrong with that!

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

Cosmo Kramer: "It's a write-off for them."

Seinfeld: "How is it a write-off?"

Kramer: "They just write it off."

Seinfeld: "Write it off what?"

Kramer: "Jerry, all these big companies -- they write-off everything."

Seinfeld: "You don't even know what a write-off is."

Kramer: "Do you?"

Seinfeld: "No, I don't."

Kramer: "But they do, and they're the ones writing it off."

Now, hopefully, this will stop any catfights.

[Texas Aggie]

I kept a spreadsheet for all income and expenses associated with officiating. Football was easy since everything began and ended in 2005. Basketball was a little more difficult, but certainly not very hard.

I included everything, even meals, that were involved in attending meetings, games, etc. Obviously all equipment I used was included as an expense, but so were things I bought (like socks and briefs) that I will use for officiating and working out.

[BktBallRef]

Meals aren't necessarily deductible, anymore than eating lunch everyday at your regular job is. Gym memberships aren't deductible, so I would seriously doubt that anything else associated with working out would be. It has to be speciifcially associated with officiating.