Comments on: Can I Write-off my Cellphone as an Expense http://homeofficewarrior.com/2008/03/28/can-i-write-off-my-cellphone-as-an-expense/ The Internet Magazine for the Home Office Entrepreneur Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:38:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Grant Griffiths http://homeofficewarrior.com/2008/03/28/can-i-write-off-my-cellphone-as-an-expense/#comment-911 Grant Griffiths Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:31:11 +0000 http://homeofficewarrior.com/2008/03/28/can-i-write-off-my-cellphone-as-an-expense/#comment-911 I would venture that is what a lot of people most likely do. But what a pain in the rear. It is crazy the steps we have to go through to get what is rightfully ours. Our own money. I am assuming the logic goes back to having to keep a log of the miles we drive for business purposes. I would love to see June Walker http://www.junewalkeronline.com/ comment on this one. I would venture that is what a lot of people most likely do. But what a pain in the rear. It is crazy the steps we have to go through to get what is rightfully ours. Our own money. I am assuming the logic goes back to having to keep a log of the miles we drive for business purposes.

I would love to see June Walker http://www.junewalkeronline.com/ comment on this one.

]]> By: Andrew Flusche http://homeofficewarrior.com/2008/03/28/can-i-write-off-my-cellphone-as-an-expense/#comment-909 Andrew Flusche Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:23:23 +0000 http://homeofficewarrior.com/2008/03/28/can-i-write-off-my-cellphone-as-an-expense/#comment-909 Here's my thought: could you count minutes / calls for a couple months out of the year and then extrapolate those for the whole year? Pick maybe March and October. Count up your personal vs. business minutes used. Determine the average percentage of business use. Then deduct that percentage of the year's cellular bill. Is it precisely what the IRC says? No. But if you got audited, you would probably be close to the actual count of business & personal minutes for the whole year. So you hopefully wouldn't have a tax penalty. Here’s my thought: could you count minutes / calls for a couple months out of the year and then extrapolate those for the whole year?

Pick maybe March and October. Count up your personal vs. business minutes used. Determine the average percentage of business use. Then deduct that percentage of the year’s cellular bill.

Is it precisely what the IRC says? No. But if you got audited, you would probably be close to the actual count of business & personal minutes for the whole year. So you hopefully wouldn’t have a tax penalty.

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