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Discussion Forum Index --> Basic Tax Questions --> Longaberger basket mileage question
Discussion Forum Index --> Tax Questions --> Longaberger basket mileage question
Link1time (talk|edits) said:
| 4 April 2008
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| Was wondering what the rest of you do with excessive mileage that someone turns in for their Longaberger Basket business??? Guess this would apply to Avon, Mary Kay, etc.
I have a client that says Longaberger tells her she can write off every single mile incurred with the basket business since her income is earned in her home.
I guess she places the orders out of her home but she earns her income by giving parties at places other than her own home. Longaberger tells her she can deduct office expense too.
What do the rest of you do in this case?
This person would break even if she didn't claim her mileage but instead is claiming a big loss.
She doesn't have a room used exclusively just for this business.
Just checking to see how the rest of you handle your clients in this situation.
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Joanmcq (talk|edits) said:
| 5 April 2008
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| No dedicated home office, first trip & last trip is commuting. If she only goes to party and comes home, no biz miles. Too baaaad!!!!
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DZCPA (talk|edits) said:
| 5 April 2008
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| Set up a home office and deduct it all.
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TheTinCook (talk|edits) said:
| 5 April 2008
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| It doesn't have to be exclusive use to deduct mileage. Lots of discussion on that point.
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Laticiaw (talk|edits) said:
| 5 April 2008
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| I checked into this because I also sell on the side...going to the shows are deductable for mileage. That is the understanding that I have. I don't take office because I don't own my apartment -- I rent. Even when I did own my own home my "office" didn't take up more than 4 square feet (because I don't have to keep the inventory that others do) and the computer screen sometimes. So I didn't take home office because it was too miniscule to make a difference. Not to mention the depreciation on the home that would have affected the sale. So I would say, take her mileage. I would also make her aware of the problems of taking a home office. If she has a room set aside for it, then she would have to take it in my opinion. But if she is not doing that, then I wouldn't use the home office situation. In my case, my home office is my laptop and the space that I use to set my display items and supplies. so there is not a real need for that deduction. Longenberger may be a little different...I sell jewelry, so I get everything out of my display carrier when I want to use it (I advertise that way -- you wouldn't believe how many people will set up shows if you wear what you sell). I love Longenberger, but it can get to be bulky and won't probably store in one box.
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Jdugancpa (talk|edits) said:
| 5 April 2008
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| Like not knowing what the heck "Prada" was when the movie "The Devil Wears Prada" came out, what the heck is Longenberger?
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Laticiaw (talk|edits) said:
| 5 April 2008
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| Very expensive baskets made in Ohio for suckers like me who for some reason will spend 200 for a basket I can get from Wal-Mart for 10 bucks. They used independent distributors like Mary Kay, Avon, Premier Designs, Tupperware.
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Joanmcq (talk|edits) said:
| 5 April 2008
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| Since when is the first trip to 'work' anything but commuting? The home office makes the commute going upstairs in my case. No home office, no biz miles unless you are 1. going outside of your tax home or 2. going to the second job in the same line of work.
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Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said:
| 5 April 2008
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| It is the interpretation of Rev. Rul. 99-7 that substitutes 'principal place of business' for the term 'home office' in making the decision whether the first drive is a commute or not. My place of business is this tiny part of my home and though I do not deduct it, my drive from here to the post office, or to Philadelphia 61 miles away for the 12 days I go there is not a commute.
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Kevinh5 (talk|edits) said:
| 5 April 2008
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| The devil wears Prada as he carries the world to Hell in a Longenberger handbasket.
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Jokadah (talk|edits) said:
| 5 April 2008
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| I have a client that sells Mary Kay and has converted a bed room into an office and storage for all of her invertory. She is going for the "pink" car and is pretty agressive with her sales and parties. She uses her office for the business, has a laptop computer that she uses for sales, inventory and places her orders online. When she delivers product to clients or goes to homes or place of businesses for parties that's mileage in my book. She keeps a mileage log which ties to the sales receipts.
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