Tax deductions

**S*@aol.com**

OK, since we're in a lag time, listserver-wise, here's a question for those 
among you who are savvy businesspeople. (If this has already been covered, 
let me know, and I'll check the archives). Do you deduct your gardening 
expenses on your income tax? This would include everything and anything you 
buy for your garden, from what you pay a gardener to tools, plants, mulch, 
hardscape supplies and irrigation. Two writer friends of mine were horrified 
that I DON'T deduct all this stuff, because it's directly related to my work, 
and insisted I talk to a good accountant who specializes in working with 
freelance writers. Yet yesterday, when a photographer friend showed me 
promotional material she had compiled to sell her services, which included 
travel shots, and I asked her if she had deducted the cost of her trip (which 
was basically a vacation), she said HER accountant had advised her not to! I 
DO deduct a percentage of my phone and car expenses, and all my office 
expenses, but now I'm wondering if I should consult an accountant and maybe 
file an amended return and recap some of my (not insubstantial) gardening 
expense. 
Debra Lee Baldwin
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