Well, there's quite a few ways you can make the things you wrote legitimate business expenses. And even though you probably filed already, you can still file an ammendment to get some money back. Here's a few suggestions based on what you said you couldn't claim...
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Originally Posted by phogirl69
I don't use a separate office so I can't write that off.
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You can still write off up to 50% of your rent as a home office. This should be no problem to justify.
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Originally Posted by phogirl69
I can't write off a phone, because I don't talk to any webmasters over the phone, I only talk to them via icq!!
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Sure you can. Just because icq is your primary form of contact, you also need a phone. I talk all the time over icq/msn and get maybe 2-3 calls per month. You need a phone line in order to talk to people like your bank, your accountant, etc. This is a business expense. Again, 50% should be fine.
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Originally Posted by phogirl69
I can't write off a new car, because I work from home on the pc, I don't have any clients to meet or anything.
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Doesn't matter. You go to the bank to make deposits, you go to your accountants office. You go to a mailbox, etc. etc. You need transportation to do this. I bought a company car brand new and wrote off 70% of it (keep detailed records of milage and at year end figure out what percentage was business and what was personal and expense the business portion). I was federally audited too (2 year long fight) and the government let me write that expense off no problem.
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Originally Posted by phogirl69
I can't write off travel because I don't like to go to conventions.
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What kind of travel expenses do you have? Did you ever go to meet someone that was business related? Even if no money was transacted between the two parties, its still possible to expense it, like if you went to discuss with someone something that was work related that could benefit you, that's still an expense thats legit.
Hope this helps.
WG