- 5 - 2000 2001 Cost of goods sold1 $2,100 -0- Deductions Car 7,634 $10,284 Insurance 33 33 Legal -0- 772 Supplies 626 1,001 Utilities 763 900 Publications 100 100 Postage 154 71 Training, etc. 244 614 Advertising2 82 -0- 1 Claimed with respect to Galaxy. 2 Claimed with respect to Galaxy. These deductions are based on the assumption that petitioner operated a trade or business of being a housing hearing officer for the county under CSCI. During the trial, the parties agreed that Galaxy was a conduit; the income should not have been reported, and the deductions claimed, other than those stated for the year 2000 and the amounts paid to petitioner’s mother, were not allowable. Discussion A. Deductions Section 162 allows a deduction for “all the ordinary and necessary expenses paid * * * during the taxable year in carrying on any trade or business”. Similarly, section 212 allows deductions for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred “for the production or collection of income.” On the other hand, “noPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
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