@KittyMama wrote:
Thank you!
I DO have a room exclusively for the cats, but do not separate the food and such except by age/type so thank you much! for the clarification and answer. ( The above person too, thank you!)
I will then do business and just count the room and forego the food expenses since they are not separated 😕 A Note for next year, right! :(
Have a lovely day guys!
You could still deduct food but you must keep some kind of reasonable record to show the IRS your method for determining how much food was a business expense. For example, if you have two cats of your own, and you have a calendar showing that the average number of cats you sit for each day is 3, then you could deduct 3/5 the food cost.
Mixing work and personal expenses does not automatically make the expense not deductible, but it increases your burden of proof should the IRS audit you. It's much less record keeping to have separate food, although if all the animals share the same living space, I guess you never know who is eating out of which bowl.
