It depends. You need to calculate how much you use your cellphone for business and how much you used for personal use.
For example, lets say your
cell phone bill was $500.00 (used 100% of the time). You calculated that you
used your phone 30% of the time for business and 70% of the time for personal.
So $500.00 multiplied by 30%= $150.00. You can write off $150.00 as a business
expense, and $350.00 would be a personal expense
It depends. You need to calculate how much you use your cellphone for business and how much you used for personal use.
For example, lets say your
cell phone bill was $500.00 (used 100% of the time). You calculated that you
used your phone 30% of the time for business and 70% of the time for personal.
So $500.00 multiplied by 30%= $150.00. You can write off $150.00 as a business
expense, and $350.00 would be a personal expense
How on Earth would someone accurately calculate business vs phone use?
Five days in your work week, 8 hours a day for work, 40 hours per week. Let's say 6 remaining hours a day for personal, by five days a week equals 30 hours per week. Add 14 hours a day by 2 days for the weekend to the personal hours you get 44 hours. So yeah, that would be a reasonable calculus. Take the $500 and divide off of the 84 total hours. 44 hours is 52% ($261.90) of 84 hours for personal and 40 hours is 47% ($238.10) of 84 hours for work. The "science" behind these metrics are typically based off of reasonability.