Golf Tax Deductions

GolfAhoy Golf Travel Ambassador small business opportunity offers a full-time or part-time home office based golf travel specialist golf tourism business.

Explore the common tax deductions for golf club memberships, golf equipment and apparel purchases, personal golf travel, golf business entertainment expenses and a tax deductible St.Andrews, Scotland golf trip.

"A certified GolfAhoy Golf Travel Ambassador who is going to send a foursome or two foursomes from his/her country club or golfing circle of influence on a St.Andrews, Scotland golf travel package, will have a definite advantage if he/she has actually acquired product knowledge by previously visiting St.Andrews on a fact finding tour. In travel industry parlance such a trip is known as a Familiarization visit or FAM. Knowing the golf destinations we sell is best experienced by visiting them and traveling there and is a bona fide cost of doing business, it's all part of the learning curve in our profession. It's a legitimate business expense - if your business is golf travel", says San Antonio based, GolfAhoy Golf Travel Ambassador, Jesus Perez Trejo.

Dana Dratch, writing for BankRate.com says "Small-business tax rule No.1 is don't mess with the IRS. But that doesn't mean you should cheat yourself. Take every legal deduction you can. Here are a dozen common tax deductions that even savvy small-business owners and entrepreneurs sometimes forget".

The deductible dozen:
	Home Office
	Office Supplies
	Furniture
	Other equipment
	Software and subscriptions
	Travel, meals, entertainment and gifts
	Insurance premiums
	Retirement contribution
	Social Security
	Telephone charges
	Child and/or spouse labor
	Mileage

Be sure to ask your tax advisor about:
	Country Club membership fees & dues tax deductions
	Greens fees & cart rentals tax deductions
	Golf apparel & golf equipment purchases tax deductions
	GolfAhoy business entertainment tax deductions
	Will you be conducting GolfAhoy Golf Travel Ambassador business on the golf course? Of course you will
	Airline tickets, golf cruises, hotel & golf resort accommodations, and car rentals associated with gaining golf travel product knowledge for your GolfAhoy Ambassador business are all tax deductable.
	Also ask if your golf destination educational familiarization trips might qualify as legitimate business expenses for tax deductions

Travel expenses defined -"For tax purposes, travel expenses are the ordinary and necessary expenses of traveling away from home for your business, profession, or job," Internal Revenue Service United States Department of the Treasury.

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