Cell phone family plan

[dragonslayer6062]

my family plan is 300 dollars  a month,but i use mine for work I'm a contractor can i file a deductible on it ?

[HelenaC · Accepted solution]

Yes, if you are self-employed and you use your cell phone for business, you can claim the business use of your phone as a tax deduction. 

• If 30 percent of your time on the phone is spent on business, you could legitimately deduct 30 percent of your phone bill.

• In “Entrepreneur” magazine, writer Kristin Edelhauser recommends getting an itemized phone bill, so you can measure your business and personal use and prove your deduction to the IRS.

•  Alternatively, you could get a second phone number and use it exclusively for business.

Employee Use:    You can also deduct the business use of a cell phone if you are an employee rather than a business owner.You will only qualify, however, if your employer requires you to maintain a cell phone for business use. Calls you make after normal business hours do not count toward this deduction.

Related information:

• Can Cellphone Expenses Be Tax Deductbile With a Business?

• Mobile Phones, Internet and Other Easy Tax Deductions

[Carl]

Your share would be a communications expense, and there's a category for that in TurboTax. In the Business Expesnes >> Other Common Business Expenses section there's one specifically called "Communications". That's where you enter the business portion of your cell phone costs for the tax year.

[VolvoGirl]

Here is a Turbo Tax blog on cell phones

https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/small-business-taxes/can-cellphone-expenses-be-tax-deductible-w...