JohnH Posted April 6, 2009 Report Posted April 6, 2009 I was researching a question for a client who serves in the military today and I ran across a blog where someone is speculating on what should be deductible. Thought I'd share them on this forum - maybe you'll get a chuckle. (with thanks to Jeff Bacon and his "Broadside Blog") Love handles. Today’s military is computer intensive, and those things grow like breakfast biscuits from sitting in front of the screen every day. I don’t know about you, but if this were a deduction, I’d always get money back. Emails. In the paperless Navy, it’s not uncommon to receive a hundred emails a day, and unlike civilian email, you can’t hit a SPAM button on military stuff. We should be able to claim a loss of productivity, with a bonus deduction for time spent shuffling paper that never went away. Acronyms. Time saved by using acronyms and initials instead of actual words should be deductible. All that extra productivity should be acknowledged ASAP. Home office. You can claim a certain percentage of your mortgage as a business deduction if you work out of the home. What if your home is a ship? We live and work on the ship, and we pay for the ship with our taxes. A carrier costs something like $6 billion. You do the math. Quote
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