Posts Tagged ‘side business’
Personal, Small business tax deductions in addition to standard?
Posted by admin in US Tax Questions on June 22nd, 2010
Hello,
Got a quick question. Are expenses incurred by a small business startup compound on a personal standard deduction? My scenario is below:
-I’m employed (not self-employment, at an actual company) and rent an apartment
-Say I incur ,000 in small business expense this year for a SIDE business.
Is this ,000 write off in conjunction with the standard deduction (of around 5k for single)? So, in other words, can my income be claimed to be 15k lower? If my startup costs incur ,000 is there a reason for me to NOT do the standard deduction? It seems awfully stupid that standard deductions exist, as I would’ve kept my own money instead of spending it on all this crap…