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Is document destruction deductible

I took a box of documents to American Document Destruction to be shredded. I received a tax receipt and didn't know if this was deductible.

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LindaA
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Is document destruction deductible

That depends. If you are self-employed and you paid to destroy business documents, you can deduct this as a business expense. If you destroyed personal documents the cost is not deductible.

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