{"id":2938,"date":"2014-03-05T12:55:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T20:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.huddlestontaxcpas.com\/?p=708"},"modified":"2014-03-05T12:55:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T20:55:24","slug":"lets-talk-deductions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/blog\/lets-talk-deductions\/","title":{"rendered":"Deductions (Leave it up to the professionals)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to paying taxes, nothing cuts through the tension and discontent like a good deduction. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;ve taken a little time this week to put together a few resources to help you educate yourself on a few viable tax deductions for small business owners and individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s get to the resources that help: Over at kiplinger.com, they&#8217;ve put together <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiplinger.com\/article\/taxes\/T054-C000-S002-tax-breaks-for-every-life-stage.html\">a great list of deductions to claim at all stages of your life.<\/a> This is really a good way to get a broad overview of some pretty basic deductions as well as a few more complicated ones.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, we found this article such a good overview, we put together a slide show highlighting one of its best bits: the 5 best deductions for small business owners. Take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/huddlestontaxcpas\">our page over at slideshare<\/a> to find the slideshow and check it out.<\/p>\n<p>Now, without further ado, here&#8217;s a large infographic about deductions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/strangest_tax_deductions.jpg\" width=\"387\" height=\"517\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Who knew?<\/p>\n<p>Of course, before you go off claiming any of these &#8220;strange and legitimate&#8221; deductions for yourself, or before you decide to do any accounting stuff yourself, be sure to consult with an actual accountant. If you&#8217;re not sure about that, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.huddlestontaxcpas.com\/tax-accounting-post\/do-you-need-an-accountant\/\">give this post a quick read<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In any event, thanks for reading, and give us a call sometime at (425) 483-6600!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and in case you were wondering, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accountingtoday.com\/news\/one-on-one-with-irs-commissioner-koskinen-69858-1.html\">here&#8217;s what&#8217;s been going on with the IRS<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to paying taxes, nothing cuts through the tension and discontent like a good deduction. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;ve taken a little time this week to put together a few resources to help you educate yourself on a few viable tax deductions for small business owners and individuals. Now, let&#8217;s get to the resources [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2938","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-deductions","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huddlestontaxcpas.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}