If you operate a pass-through entity like a sole proprietorship, general partnership, or LLC, there are several business expenses you can make on your personal tax return to lessen your tax liability. What expenses are tax deductions for small businesses? Here are 18. 18 tax deductions for small businesses 1. Business Meals Typically, you can
Summer is here, which means it’s vacation time! If you’re a business owner, you have a golden opportunity to combine a business trip with a few extra days of vacation and offset some of the cost with a tax deduction. But be careful, or you might not qualify for the business travel expense write-offs you’re expecting.
If you read the Internal Revenue Code (and you probably don’t want to!), you may be surprised to find that most business deductions aren’t specifically listed. It doesn’t explicitly state that you can write off office supplies and certain other expenses.
The treatment of business meal expenses and entertainment expenses became more complicated after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Here’s how to get the biggest tax-saving bang for your business meal bucks.
In certain situations, you can deduct bad debt on your federal income tax return to offset ordinary business income. This, in turn, could lower your business’ overall tax liability.