Gibson filed joint returns including Schedules C, Profit or Loss From Business, for Altermeds, which reported $770,306 in
business expense deductions and $717,208 in COGS for the two years combined, against $1,552,048 in gross receipts.
Business expense deductions are among the IRS' Top 10 most litigated issues.
and necessary'
business expense deductions are allowable" when
Luckily for Cohan, his case predated those rules, and the Second Circuit held that he should be permitted to use estimates to establish his entitlement to
business expense deductions.
In other words, the most advantageous company car plan will be one which minimizes or eliminates the need for the employee to claim any
business expense deductions.
Entertainment Facilities--Internal Revenue Code denies trade or
business expense deductions for items or facilities used in connection with entertainment--except for firms in the business of entertainment.
(7) Tax Administration: Recurring Issues in Tax Disputes Over
Business Expense Deductions, United States General Accounting Office (GAO/GGD-95-232, Sept.
Xilinx's
business expense deductions for tax years 1997 through 1999 included a total of $177 million in costs of employee exercises of options.
274 was enacted to curb abuses of
business expense deductions for travel, entertainment and gifts.
While the proper limits on
business expense deductions is for Congress to decide, the Treasury and IRS should take a hard look at the administrative and enforcement burdens engendered by the implementing regulations and the lobbying disallowance provisions.
The ATB issued two opinions involving the use of Delaware holding companies to manage and hold intangibles.(78) Both decisions upheld the Audit Division's denial of
business expense deductions claimed by the taxpayers for large annual royalty payments made to their wholly owned Delaware subsidiaries.
On her tax return, the taxpayer claimed a home office deduction for the room in her home and
business expense deductions for a computer and printer she used at home for work.