J.K. Lasser's Taxes Made Easy for Home-Based Business (J. K. Lasser's from Ebay to Mary-Kay: Taxes Made Easy for Your Home-Based Business)

Businesses are increasingly being set-up in spare bedrooms, garages and other spaces within the home. This book is specifically tailored to provide comprehensive tax information for both the entrepreneur starting a business from scratch as well as employees doing freelance work from home. Topics range from determining how to organize your home business to which tax accounting method to use; from how the IRS distinguishes a hobby from a home-business to the tax consequences of selling a home used partly for business. Features include:c Checklists of allowable home-business expensesc Internet tax resources for home-based businessc Sample forms and line-by-line form instructionsc Tax law authority for each planning suggestionGary W. Carter, Ph.D., MT, CPA, has over 20 years of tax experience and has written for various academic and professional publications. He has also appeared in radio and television interviews.