The office machine is very old and only has windows 98 (I am an employee of a very small law firm....), so I bring my Windows XP laptop in to do work on and only use the office machine to backup my work... is there any kind of tax deduction I can get from this?
2006-12-07 05:30:14 · 6 answers · asked by Brad 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
No for two reasons. It must be required as a condition of your employment which is not true. If so it is a miscellaneous expense and those must exceed 2% of adjusted gross income to be deductible which is doubtful.
2006-12-07 05:53:20 · answer #1 · answered by spicertax 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
No, computers are what is known as listed property and you would have to have exclusive business use to be able to deduct any of the cost.
Get yor employer to buy a new computer for you
2006-12-07 07:30:11 · answer #2 · answered by waggy_33 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can get a deduction only if they require you to bring it in. This does not sould like this is the case.
2006-12-07 05:53:28 · answer #3 · answered by Wayne Z 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
First, you must itemize deductions. Then, your employee expenses must exceed the threshold of 2% of your adjusted gross income.
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2006-12-08 09:36:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, its unnecessary for you to do that. You only get it if its required. then your deduction is limitied to 2% of your AGI
2006-12-07 10:06:00 · answer #5 · answered by Joe A 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You can argue a deduction if you're using it for work for more than you do for home {if you use the computer for work forty hours a week, and you use it for thirty hours a week for personal.}
2006-12-07 06:25:59 · answer #6 · answered by Clueless 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋