To: freespirited
Can women write off the cost of makeup if the job requires it?
5 posted on
12/29/2004 8:43:37 AM PST by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: joesnuffy
Schedule A, line 20 would seem to cover that expense.
24 posted on
12/29/2004 8:52:34 AM PST by
Redcloak
("FOUR MORE BEERS! FOUR MORE BEERS! FOUR MORE BEERS!" -Teresa Heinz Kerry)
To: joesnuffy
Can women write off the cost of makeup if the job requires it?
Yes, as a miscellaneous deduction, but only the amount (with other such deductions) that exceeds 2% (?) of their taxable income.
45 posted on
12/29/2004 8:58:05 AM PST by
Atlas Sneezed
(Your Friendly Freeper Patent Attorney)
To: joesnuffy
Re: Deductable makeup
Nope. Not if she can wear same makeup in her everyday, non-work life. Same thing with "uniforms."
. . . denied a deduction for loud and flashy clothing worn on stage by a member of Rod Stewart's band, stating the clothing was suitable for personal wear."
[Techner, TC Memo 1997-498]
50 posted on
12/29/2004 9:00:27 AM PST by
boojumsnark
(Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.)
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