I'm a lawyer and I drafted a rental agreement for my new rental property. Can I bill my legal time for drafting the lease as an expense?

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I'm a lawyer and I drafted a rental agreement for my new rental property. Can I bill my legal time for drafting the lease as an expense?

No, you cannot bill yourself. You cannot deduct your own time as a expense.

Anyway, it would not help your tax return because if you did, you would have to report that bill as income.

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I'm a lawyer and I drafted a rental agreement for my new rental property. Can I bill my legal time for drafting the lease as an expense?

No, you cannot bill yourself. You cannot deduct your own time as a expense.

Anyway, it would not help your tax return because if you did, you would have to report that bill as income.

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