As a ride share driver filing 2018 tax return can i deduct as a business expense the cost of Turbotax paid in 2018 to file our 2017 tax return?

mpzappia · ‎June 3, 2019

We are filing married filing jointly, and we used with TurboTax Deluxe in 2017.

JohnW15 · ‎June 3, 2019

You can deduct the expense of your tax software to the extent that the price exceeded the cost of software that you would've used strictly for a personal, non-business return.

For example, if you could've purchased software for strictly you and your wife's income for, say, $50, but software that included Self-Employment features cost $80, then you can reasonably deduct the difference -- $30 -- as a business expense.

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JohnW15 · ‎June 3, 2019

You can deduct the expense of your tax software to the extent that the price exceeded the cost of software that you would've used strictly for a personal, non-business return.

For example, if you could've purchased software for strictly you and your wife's income for, say, $50, but software that included Self-Employment features cost $80, then you can reasonably deduct the difference -- $30 -- as a business expense.

As a ride share driver filing 2018 tax return can i deduct as a business expense the cost of Turbotax paid in 2018 to file our 2017 tax return?