drc845443
Employee Tax Expert

Self employed

You need to keep a mileage log so that you can distinguish between miles traveled for business and mileage for personal or other purposes. I recommend using QuickBooks to track your mileage.

You can deduct meals consumed while conducting business.

Business and equipment insurance are deductible.

You can deduct self-employed health-insurance premiums if you qualify - please see conditions and rules  in the link below: 

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/home-ownership/deducting-health-insurance-premiums-if-youre-sel...

 

You can also deduct your SEP contributions: 

https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/retirement/discussion/how-do-you-enter-your-sep-ira-contributions-...

 

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