Is make-up a business deduction

[Possi]

street use?

I've seen women in makeup not suitable for street use... then again, some wear makeup ONLY good for "street" use... depends on where the emphasis falls...

Seriously, I have a client who works for a popular lingerie store who requires that she dress and make up like quite the "hooch." Thank goodness she didn't itemize...

I have no answer, but couldn't resist.

~possi

[Bird Legs]

What Happens

if that client is wearing the makeup & perfume etc. and she is working on a client
that is highly sensitive to makeup & perfumes?
As previous poster mentioned, is the makeup suitable for street use? If so, I would
say no.

[Uncle Sam]

Makeup-A Business Deduction

"they require her to wear their makeup to work"

That sounds to me like a legitimate employee business expense - no different than a person who must wear a uniform to perform duties of his/her employment and incurs expenses to maintain the uniform in workable, usable, appropriate condition.

[thomtax]

Work clothes

Would this not fit into the same category as work clothes? And aren't, in order to be written off, work clothes supposed to be not suitable for everyday use?

LT

[Bonnie]

Client works as a massage therapist at Merle Norman and they require her to wear their makeup to work. Otherwise she does not wear makeup at all. Would the makeup she wears to work be considered an employee business expense?? Just wondering what everyone else thinks??

Thanks
Bonnie