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Post by rip60zgo on Feb 7, 2009 15:07:30 GMT -6
For those of you who:
a. Use Madden and/or NCAA to teach kids football, and
b. Itemize your taxes,
I have a question for you. Have you ever written off your copy of Madden or NCAA and gotten away with it?
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Post by tvt50 on Feb 8, 2009 14:07:48 GMT -6
Wow
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Post by morris on Feb 8, 2009 14:39:22 GMT -6
40.-60.00 is not going to make that big of a deal. So if you write it off you are not going to get flagged for it. I write off the clinics and travel I do because I pay it out of pocket.
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Post by jpdaley25 on Feb 9, 2009 17:25:48 GMT -6
This would be a good thread. What are all of the things that coaches write off. I write off 70% of my cell phone, and travel.
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Post by morris on Feb 9, 2009 17:56:43 GMT -6
Not 100% but I would say DVDs, books, clinics, travel, maybe some coaching wear not bought by the school, or equipment. I think if you bought gameplanner out of your own pocket you could write it off. You might be limited by your coaching pay.
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Post by airman on Feb 9, 2009 18:11:48 GMT -6
coaching is a second job for most people and therefore you can write off almost anything.
you can even take mileage if say you teach at one school and the practice fields are at another school.
you can write off any clinic, travel to clinic, clinic costs as long as your school does not reimburse you. I was at a school where they paid for every clinic I wanted to go to. paid for hotel, cost of clinic and even gave me a gas card. I did have to pay for my own food however.
any DVD you buy, you fcpga membership, your afm, gridiron strategies subs. and even madden if you can document the purpose. now you have to keep documentation of purchase for every thing and you have to keep a mileage log. you can totally write off scouting mileage and even time.
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Post by fbdoc on Feb 9, 2009 19:14:57 GMT -6
As airman noted, you can write off professional expenses including mileage, meals, etc. Keep track of all of these expenses (teachers are also allowed specific deductions without any documentation!) in a notebook and come tax time you will be grateful. I did all of this myself for 25+ years and last year tried H&R Block Tax Cut. SO VERY EASY! I recommend it highly!
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