Corey M: I heard i can deduct my vacations to vegas on my taxes?
My big brother Micky told me i can deduct my vegas vacations. Micky said he did it when he went to Barbados. His rational is if you answer blackberry pages, send emails or cell calls its deductable because you are using this trip for vacation purposes. The total cost of my vegas vacations is around 12k this year
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Answer by StephenWeinstein
Vacation for personal purposes is not deductable, whether or not you do work while on vacation. Travel is deductable only if the purpose (reason) for the travel is to conduct business that cannot be conducted without travel (for example, to attend a meeting or trade show).
Please ignore your brother. He is wrong, pure and simple. Answering a few pages or sending a few e-mails does not make a business trip out of a vacation. Sooner or later he’ll be caught out and he’ll wish he played by the rules.Answer by Gary
You and your big brother are playing with fire. From the information that you have indicated in your question, and I see no way possible on how you would even think your Vegas trip is deductible. You mess with Uncle Sam’s money and Uncle Sam will mess with you. How can you prove this trip to be business related (deductible)? I hope you two get audited.
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