Comments on: Blogs and Taxes http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/12/01/blogs-and-taxes/ from a real writer Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:53:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: john http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/2008/12/01/blogs-and-taxes/#comment-1618 john Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:21:03 +0000 http://kathrynvercillo.com/blog/?p=213#comment-1618 I am curious what your take on product reviews are - assume a for profit blog. If I write a book review on a book can I expense the purchase of that book? What about if I write a restaurant review, can I expense the cost of that meal - not as a traditional business meal, but as a 100% deductible research expense? How about a trip? @John ... Keep in mind that I'm just a freelancer and not a tax expert so you'd want to check with an accountant on this. But basically the rules that I follow about these questions are ... the book review wouldn't be something to write off but I often do get books for free from the authors if I agree to do a review, the restaurant meal should be counted as a traditional business meal, the trip counts as tax-deductible if it's entirely for business and not also for pleasure. That's my understanding of it anyway. Do some other freelancers want to comment on this? I am curious what your take on product reviews are - assume a for profit blog. If I write a book review on a book can I expense the purchase of that book? What about if I write a restaurant review, can I expense the cost of that meal - not as a traditional business meal, but as a 100% deductible research expense? How about a trip?

@John … Keep in mind that I’m just a freelancer and not a tax expert so you’d want to check with an accountant on this. But basically the rules that I follow about these questions are … the book review wouldn’t be something to write off but I often do get books for free from the authors if I agree to do a review, the restaurant meal should be counted as a traditional business meal, the trip counts as tax-deductible if it’s entirely for business and not also for pleasure. That’s my understanding of it anyway. Do some other freelancers want to comment on this?

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