DevilsPGD wrote:
> In message <48BE3182.9060007@a.a> mrtravel wrote:
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>>DevilsPGD wrote:
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>>>My point is that paying for a flight and printing a receipt and boarding
>>>pass is not the same thing as actually taking the flight, especially not
>>>when dealing with insurance, gov't for tax purposes, or similar.
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>> What would you use to deduct a flight as a business expense?
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> My company takes the fact that I showed up at the office or at a
> client's site as evidence that I did something to earn my reimbursement,
> so little to no verification is needed if the expense is reasonable.
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> (My company doesn't even require actual receipts to be submitted, I'm a
> contractor and I simply invoice the total amount, the proof is that I
> physically arrived)
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> When it comes to tax deductions at the end of the year, the gov't is
> more concerned with how you spent the money then whether you actually
> flew, even an unflown flight is a valid business deduction.
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My point was that if IRS will take a home printed receipt as proof of
the expense, then why wouldn't they require a passport stamp as evidence
of you time out of country, rather than other records? |