OIH Question & Black Bart

[Bird Legs]

Client has a legitimate office in home. My question is:
Are part of trash pickup expense and Home Owners Assoc. dues considered
to be part of home office expense?
Another unrelated question: Where is Black Bart with his philosophical wisdom?

[Gretel]

It would not even occur to me to question these charges as OIH expenses. I have been wrong before though.

[jainen]

ordinary and necessary business expense

Generally trash pickup is deductible if it relates to the business use as well as the personal use. If it's for construction debris from building the swimming pool, maybe not.

Homeowners fees are often a collection of different expenses. The first question might be, does the homeowner's association allow a business to operate out of the home, because that would make it hard to claim a business purpose for it! Some fees are actually assessments for capital assets such as the new clubhouse, which might also not be an ordinary and necessary business expense.

[sea-tax]

Client has a legitimate office in home. My question is:
Are part of trash pickup expense and Home Owners Assoc. dues considered
to be part of home office expense?
Another unrelated question: Where is Black Bart with his philosophical wisdom?

I would definately take the trash as an expense, but would check into the HOA dues as Jainen has said.

As for BB I was wondering the same thing, I have missed his stories lately. maybe he was to tied up with S-corp and C-corp returns.

[Snaggletooth]

Black Bart Hiatus

Sometimes Black Bart takes a hiatus. Like many of us he has a life after tax season and often lets his fingers rest. Besides, the Razorbacks won in Nashville the other day.

It always takes the zing out of the message board when he takes a sabbatical. When he returns, sometimes he comes back with a vengeance, reading 60 days' worth of posts and responding to them.

Never fear, Black Bart will Reappear!

[Bird Legs]

Snag

are you saying that Black Bart is like the Lone Ranger? When a job is done, he is
gone. But when trouble reappears so does the Lone Ranger.

[Snaggletoof]

Chicken & Egg Syndrome

Bird Legs, you're on the right track. Trouble and Black Bart follow each other.

But's it's like the chicken & the egg. Hard to tell which one gets there first....

[Bees Knees]

Since BB isn't around, we can talk about him behind his back.

Where did he get that name, anyway? Who would name their kid Black Bart?

[sea-tax]

Since BB isn't around, we can talk about him behind his back.

Where did he get that name, anyway? Who would name their kid Black Bart?

If I am not mistaken he got the name watching to many Jonny Depp movies about Pirates.

[jainen]

too many

>> too many Jonny Depp movies about Pirates<<

I don't think it is possible to watch too many Jonny Depp movies about Pirates. I don't even think they have made too many Jonny Depp movies about Pirates.

[sea-tax]

>> too many Jonny Depp movies about Pirates<<

I don't think it is possible to watch too many Jonny Depp movies about Pirates. I don't even think they have made too many Jonny Depp movies about Pirates.

jainen- Question- If I said the sky was infact blue would you argue that it was actually red? It apprears to me that you enjoy playing devil's advocate to the point of disagreeing even if you infact agree.

[Bird Legs]

Maybe, just Maybe

B B has gone to work on his deer hunting camp. It is close to that time.
Everyone is shooting doves around here.

[sea-tax]

B B has gone to work on his deer hunting camp. It is close to that time.
Everyone is shooting doves around here.

So your saying that BB is a tax practicing , pirate that likes to hunt. Well that is a first , just when ya think ya know somebody!

[Bees Knees]

jainen- Question- If I said the sky was infact blue would you argue that it was actually red? It apprears to me that you enjoy playing devil's advocate to the point of disagreeing even if you infact agree.

Actually, the sky has no color. The blue you see is the short wave length of blue light that bounces off the sky because it is too short to penetrate through into space...or something like that...

[sea-tax]

Actually, the sky has no color. The blue you see is the short wave length of blue light that bounces off the sky because it is too short to penetrate through into space...or something like that...

Bees say it ain't so , you want to get fresh with me now? Bad enough I get Jainen to disagree on everything I write , now you want to start up. Don't you have your hands full enough with OLD Jack?

Seriously, I know the sky really isn't blue and your point is well taken I was using it as a sort of metephor shall we say.