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doderd
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I am a professional writer. I am preparing a memoir and had incurred expenses for editing help.

can I write off these expenses?
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Phillip1
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I am a professional writer. I am preparing a memoir and had incurred expenses for editing help.

Yes.

Hiring an editor for contract services would qualify as an ordinary and necessary expense for an author. 

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Phillip1
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I am a professional writer. I am preparing a memoir and had incurred expenses for editing help.

Yes.

Hiring an editor for contract services would qualify as an ordinary and necessary expense for an author. 

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