I lose money at my regular job everyday I do a day of military duty (ANG). The difference is several hundreds of dollars a day. Can I write off the difference?

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I lose money at my regular job everyday I do a day of military duty (ANG). The difference is several hundreds of dollars a day. Can I write off the difference?

No, you cannot deduct (or write off) income that you may have earned.

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I lose money at my regular job everyday I do a day of military duty (ANG). The difference is several hundreds of dollars a day. Can I write off the difference?

No, you cannot deduct (or write off) income that you may have earned.

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I lose money at my regular job everyday I do a day of military duty (ANG). The difference is several hundreds of dollars a day. Can I write off the difference?

In effect, you have already deducted that because your W2 income from your regular job is lower by the amount of pay you gave up there.

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