Klarinet Archive - Posting 000538.txt from 1998/06

From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] deducting lessons $ for a child
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 23:30:41 -0400

I'm with him (sort of). It's true that if you declare it as income, the
particular type of service doesn't have to be specified. What he puts on
HIS return has no relation to your own claims. He's in for a major shock,
however, if he ever gets audited.

Fred Jacobowitz
Clarinet/Sax Instructor, Peabody Preparatory

On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, David C. Blumberg wrote:

> Here's a good one.... I got a call from a future student's parent to sign
> her up for lessons. Upon calling them back, the dad tells me that he wants
> to deduct the cost of the lessons (for 12 yr old) on his income tax, under
> child care! I said to him that it is not possible to deduct the expense,
> and I wouldn't go along with it. I explained that even my University
> students can't deduct the expense. The guy persisted, saying that if I
> claim the income, I have nothing to worry about. I don't buy that. Seems to
> me like an invitation to trouble.
> Comments?
> David Blumberg
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