The Cost of Burlesque

[pamelaneko]

Getting a 1099 from Vaudezilla was probably the best thing to happen to my tax return in years. Since I have to pay taxes on some of my income from 2010, I can now deduct all of the "business expenses" that went into this little hobby of mine! So, I pulled up my calendar and started trying to quantify my self-employed side job. And what I found was

Comments

[squidflakes]

1.) Do you have all of the receipts to back that stuff up?
2.) Unless you can get your itemizations over $5,700, you're better off taking the standard deduction.

[pamelaneko]

This is not necessarily what I'm submitting for my tax return, just a glance at how my expenses for the year totalled up, kind of.

[redhotannie]

woohoo!

[kev]

I know the feeling, the travel for acting/rehearsals/etc. is absolutely ridiculous!