Coleen3
Intuit Alumni

Investors & landlords

No, per Publication 535.

Payments in kind. If you provide services to pay a business expense, the amount you can deduct is limited to your out­of-­pocket costs. You cannot deduct the cost of your own labor. Similarly, if you pay a business expense in goods or other property, you can deduct only what the property costs you. If these costs are included in the cost of goods sold, do not deduct them again as a business expense.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p535.pdf

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