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[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by Getback
His wife is right. However, it may be common practice to write off small tools. On the safe side, categorize them and follow the IRS Depreciation methods.

what I do is I have a sheet with the total tallys of all my regualr tools
then several other itemised sheets listing each item, when it was bought and how much I paid for it and the totals for each listing

Example

Date           Qnty       Brushes      

1/2/08           1    3" Nylon/polyester   $16
1/7/08           2     4"China Bristle  $32
TOTAL          3        $48  


And do the same thing with rollers, roller cages.. Anythign I tend to buy alot of the same type thing.

Anything else I have yet another sheet labled "

and equipment"
And list each of them the same way with the total on the bottom as well

Another sheet on Rental equipment
And yet another on vehicle expences, and so on and so forth

The main sheet has all the tallys
Looks something like this (example numbers only)

Item                                 totals for year 2008
Standard tools
Brushes Rollers etc            $1,000

Miscellaneous Tools
and equipment                      $700

Rentals                                  $500

Vehicle Expences                $2000
Total                          $4,200



tis way he can go over what I listed to make sure Im not claiming anything I cant list
If everything is kosher. He already has the totals right there.
If not he can just subtract the prices of whatever items from the totals

He tells me he loves the way I present everythig to him.
typically what most buisinesses and contractors in particular do to him is just hand him a box full of receipts and say "here ya go"

Youch LOL

[lazs2]

dred...  I was around when the prepasted crap came out.. we just ignored the fact and thinned the crap out of the 111 and pasted it like normal paper back vinyl..  folded it up and did 4 or five strips at a time.. by then.. the first was ready.

you don't have to clean paste off the table cause you don't get paste on the table.  You need straight grain pine or such for a table cause you are gonna have to trim..  How do you trim the stuff?   If you don't have a good table the blade will wander all over the place when you try to trim your work on the table.

You can hang right over good work.   111 makes for good work.

lazs

[DREDIOCK]

Pre pasted is about all you will see anymore. cept in the ultra heavy commercial stuff you see in office buildings.

cept for that one oddity paper last year I havent even seen unpasted paper in years.
The activator is basically thinnned out paste. though not clay based.
And you can keep dat chit. LOL

Like I said. I dont use a machine I just pull the length out I need and use the roll to guide my hand as I make my cut. Unless its width Im trimming all other trimwork gets done on the wall

the Table I use is wider then the paper. And because I dont use a machine Yes I get paste on the table along the sides.

Remember if your used to hanging commercial stuff. that stuff is usually alot wider then the stuff people use in their houses.
Commercial stuff typically has alot less pattern to it too which means I cant do alot of doublecutting.

I usually get the stuff where you have to match up two halves of dainty little leaves and flowers about the side of a matchbook style match head.
You cant double cut that stuff. You have to match it point for point, leaf for leaf

Also been getting quite a bit of Lazer cut stuff too.
Looks great. But can be a pain to hang as it likes to curl up after its been pasted

Only job I did that I didnt like the way it came out was a wall paper "themed"room
The main part of the walls were sky and clouds with an ultrawide lazercut boarder on the top and botttom and in one corner.
In one corner was a tree trunk around the top was lazer cut leafs about 2 1/2 feet wide
And alonf the bottom was a lazercut fence and shrubbery.
The Lazercut stuff was a true PIA to hang as it kept wanting to curl up apter it was pasted But those parts looked great

Its was the cloude and sky main part of the wall that IMO looked like crap.

No The changes from sky to clouds was so subtler I couldnt get a good pattern match no matter what I tried Tried flipping it. and moving it back and forth as much as 4 feet double cutting, everyhting I could think of.
But no matter what I did. if the pattern matched nicely in one spot. it matched horribly in another.

In the end the homeowner loved it even though I pointed it out to them which is all that matters I guess.
I was so unhappy with it I offered not to take payment for it.
but like I said. they loved it and insisted it looked great.
 And still do.
They must. They keep calling me back to do more work.
And I keep Biotching about the way it looks.
Its the one job im actually looking forward to stripping when they eventually get tired of it.

I'll never hang that paper again

[Ack-Ack]

Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Anyone out there tell me if ANY of these items are not business deductions

Gas for commercial vehicle
Commercial truck insurance
Commercial vehcle  registration
Maintenence on commercial Vehicle (Brakes,tires,Battery,tune ups
oil changes)

Then

Business Liability insurance
Business licencing fees
Total amount paid for Tools under $1,000 each
Rental Equipment
Advertising
Road Toll fees
Office supplies (Pens Paper,Printers Ink,Proposal Pads etc)

LOL!  H&R Block told me that anything related to computers or games I can use as a business write off since I work in the gaming industry.   Now I wonder if they are correct.


ack-ack

[DREDIOCK]

Here is the kind of stuff I tend to get alot of.
you aint doublecutting this kind of stuff LOL







and an example of the lazer cut stuff I mentioned.
the top is squared off like normal boarder. but on the bottom where you see the flowers. its actually cut out to that shape of the outline of the flowers



This is a pretty mild example. I did one that had hanging grapes.

Oy vey!

Looked great when it was done though

[E25280]

We tried H&R Block exactly one time -- attempting to file our 2001 returns.

They told us we owed a penalty to Missouri because we hadn't paid our state taxes in 2000.

Us:  "Well, we didn't live or work in Missouri in 2000.  We moved there in 2001, and our jobs there began in 2001.  No work, no residence in Missouri in 2000.  Ergo, we paid no income taxes to Missouri."

Them:  "Precisely.  You didn't pay your 2000 Missouri income taxes, so you owe a (hefty) penalty."


Needless to say, we found different tax accountants after that.

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by E25280
We tried H&R Block exactly one time -- attempting to file our 2001 returns.

They told us we owed a penalty to Missouri because we hadn't paid our state taxes in 2000.

Us:  "Well, we didn't live or work in Missouri in 2000.  We moved there in 2001, and our jobs there began in 2001.  No work, no residence in Missouri in 2000.  Ergo, we paid no income taxes to Missouri."

Them:  "Precisely.  You didn't pay your 2000 Missouri income taxes, so you owe a (hefty) penalty."


Needless to say, we found different tax accountants after that.

Was he Indian?
sounds like you had the same guy I did LOL

[BBBB]

The local news had a great story about this very subject the other day. It makes you think twice about going to the "main stream" tax centers.

http://www.wsbtv.com/video/15284692/index.html

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/15281247/detail.html

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/15284519/detail.html

http://www.wsbtv.com/video/15283070/index.html

[alskahawk]

H & R Block charges how much for a EZ form. $40?

 My accountant charges me less than a $100 for a complicated itemized 1041 return. And if I have a question in July he's there to answer it. Try that at a H & R block in the mall or at Wal Mart. Or any of the other tax chains for that matter.  The personal turnover at those places is enough make me look else where for service. A accountant who has a vested interest in providing customers a good service will almost always beat a hourly employee.

[Elfie]

Originally posted by Ack-Ack
LOL!  H&R Block told me that anything related to computers or games I can use as a business write off since I work in the gaming industry.   Now I wonder if they are correct.

ack-ack

I asked H&R Block if I could write off the cost of a computer or at least depreciate it if I bought one to keep track of my expenses easier......I got told no. LOL

[lazs2]

dred.. I hung thousands of rolls of prepasted..  I just treated it like anything else and thinned the surestick.  believe it or not.. it is MUCH less messy.. and.. it will stick to the walls.. never had to go back on a job cause it wasn't staying stuck.

As for the table.. yes the table is wider than the material.. You cut the entire room on the table before you paste anything right?  pull the piece you need to past to the side of the table that has some exposed board.  The other pieces protect the remaining table.

Those patterns are typical.. ever do a 2/3 drop match?   the stuff I hung was not pre trimmed tho for the rich folk.. it had a salvage edge that had to be trimmed off.. you could trim most of it and then double cut it on the wall.  

lazs

[LePaul]

But the sad thing is soo many people think these guys will "find them" bigger refunds...when heck, they wont even look.

Weren't they sued recently for tax preparation issues, come to think of it?