What would you do…if you prepare income taxes out of your home and feel harassed by clients calling you at all hours—and you (likely) have alcoholic biochemistry? (TAR Lite # 32)
Would you:
1. Turn off the ringer on your phone from 5 pm to 8 am?
2. Let the phone ring through to voice mail after hours?
3. Get a separate phone line and ignore the work phone after normal business hours?
4. Under the theory that your business requires you to get rest so you can better function and earn a living, deduct the travel costs required to "get away" from clients, including those for a Holiday Inn, a car rental service, and a stay at a casino?
Congratulations if you selected # 4, because that’s what Joyce A. Linzy did on her own tax return. Her clever-by-half idea was shot down by the IRS and, later, by the United States ...