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No. Legal fees are only deductible in instances where they are incurred for the purposes of:
producing or collecting taxable income, or;
helping to determine, collect or obtain a refund of any tax.
Personal legal fees can not be deducted, sorry.
No. Legal fees are only deductible in instances where they are incurred for the purposes of:
producing or collecting taxable income, or;
helping to determine, collect or obtain a refund of any tax.
Personal legal fees can not be deducted, sorry.
It depends -
The IRS basic rule is that you can deduct attorney's fees you pay to:
Simply put, you can take a deduction if you need an attorney's help to make money you’ll have to pay tax on; or if an attorney helps you with a tax matter, like representing you in an IRS audit.
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