You said:
By adding the Deason adjustment back to schedule SE, you would be reducing your expenses according to the Deason rule for your income tax, but taking the full expense deduction on your SE tax. I've never heard of that before and if there is some nuance in the Deason court ruling, I am unaware of it. I see your accountant's explanation but I don't know if it's true.
This is one of my main resources.
https://www.ecfa.org/PDF/MinTax_Preparing_2019.pdf
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First of all, thank you. Both for your response and for your time.
I worked through the Deason "math" at your link above, it supports NOT adding back the Deason adjustment.
I was able to check out the 2019 Church & Clergy Tax Guide by Richard Hammar from my university's library. I had him as a professor in Bible College and he is our denomination's chief legal counsel. It is a 700+ page tome, with an extensive example that includes Turbo Tax Tips as well. He is quite conservative in his interpretations and because of the structure of our denomination, my tax preparer likely took advice from him back in the day.
Since I am almost done with my lunch hour, I will look through his example and work through his Deason Math at a later time. I will report back my findings here.
