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Looking for Work? IRS Tax Relief Tips
By Michael Rozbruch | October 25, 2011
Last week I featured a great article from Laura Saunders of the Wall Street Journal on my other blog, Tax Resolution University, highlighting some great tips to gain some serious tax relief for those on the job hunt. Tax relief can come in many forms for taxpayers and deductions are a great way to take some tax burden off of your shoulders. In her article titled Write Off Your Job Hunt! Saunders gives some great tips for getting the most out your job hunt deduction wise. We summarized a few great tips for you below:
- The miscellaneous deduction: A write off go-to for job seekers that includes travel, entertainment, business cards and other costs related to job the job search. The drawback is the limit of the deductions; they can also exceed up to 2% of the taxpayers adjusted gross income.
- Sole-proprietorship: Another means for deductions for job seekers is to set up a Schedule C sole-proprietorship and begin to look for side work as a consultant or independent contractor. Now deductions are no longer limited as long as they are aligned with the income reported on your Schedule C. However, it must be noted that the IRS is happy as long as you are making a profit and you must show a profit in at least three years out of five.
- Medical expenses: Medical expenses are deductible to those who itemize (Hello, sole-proprietors) but only up to 7.5% of the taxpayers adjust gross income
- Home office: The home office is a great deduction, but the rules are stiff: the home office must be used regularly and exclusively for business!
- School: American Opportunity Tax Credit is provided to those working on their first time degree. So if you are going back to school this credit can be a big help and is granted regardless of income of the taxpayer.
To see other great tax relief tips for job seekers check out Saunders’ full article Write Off Your Job Hunt!
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