That changes the nature of the expense from a personal expense to a business expense.
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The federal mandate transformed a voluntary expense into a compulsory one, increasing demand exponentially.
Those left looking for work in the borough, often in low-paid service jobs, face long commutes or have to get a car, a big expense in a city with ultra-high rents, taxes and insurance costs.
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These reconciliations adjust the related GAAP financial measures to exclude stock-based compensation, amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets, other acquisition-related costs, a contribution expense, a legal settlement charge, and the associated tax impact of these items, where applicable.
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Tom Lydon, president of Global Trends Investments, says good ETFs have a reasonable expense ratio, a well-diversified underlying index and underlying stocks with lots of liquidity.
If you're in the danger zone, try to limit deductions that aren't allowed in AMT--for example, unreimbursed employee business expenses. (Ask for a bigger expense account instead of a raise.) And pick your muni bond funds carefully: Certain muni interest is taxed in the AMT.
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Likewise, buying a health-insurance policy from a college generally isn't a qualified expense but a parent might have an argument if the college requires all students to have coverage as a condition of enrollment, says Andrea Feirstein, managing director at AKF Consulting Group, which advises states that administer 529s.
If you have big unreimbursed business expenses, consider asking for a generous expense account in lieu of a raise.
Sadly the perception is that it will "never happen to me" so smaller businesses put off what they see as a significant expense for what they see as a very remote eventuality.
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The fund has one strike against it--a steep expense ratio (1.6% a year)--but I couldn't find a cheap alternative from Vanguard.
The cost of sending your child to an after school program may be a qualifying expense, even if it focuses on a particular activity.
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"Kegs are a pretty big expense for a small brewery, " Hilliard says.
"It's a major marketing expense, a multimillion-dollar event, " Ms. Bush says.
Now, instead of remaining a troublesome expense item, they become an increasingly valuable asset.
At SAPPHIRE NOW, the company showed off a time expense app built for BlackBerries.
Running for president is legally considered a personal expense, nondeductible under the income tax.
DeCesaris, SVP Managed Solutions at Tangoe, a telecom expense management firm in Orange, Conn.
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Child support is neither a deductible expense for your husband, nor taxable income for you.
Things that are working really well can be altered and still count as a medical expense.
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The lightweight material is said to cut fuel costs, a major expense for airlines.
These must be paid by the authors, a significant expense for cash-strapped university departments.
Join Amway, buy the stuff in bulk, and deduct it on Schedule C as a business expense.
Pay 102.50 and your starting yield will be roughly 5.5%, with a modest expense ratio of 0.55%.
Instead, it is counted as a current expense, and charged in full in the year it occurs.
When a necessary expense comes up for my ten year old granddaughter, what am I supposed to say?
Bar companies from deducting as a business expense costs associated with shutting U.S. operations to move them abroad.
Getting there may be half the fun but likely not a qualifying expense.
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So if options are a real expense, where does the money come from?
Packaging and shipping orders is a central expense for Amazon, which has been building warehouses to speed delivery times.
Money that you used to gamble is not deductible as a business expense.
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