Country Acres Bookkeeping

Are you traveling for your business this summer? ☀

You are? Great! Now here’s a much more important question:

How well do you keep track of those business expenses?

Because even if it’s just a single weekend conference, those expenses can add up to hundreds (or even thousands) of dollars in tax deductible expenses!

So here's a list of common business travel expenses (plus three bonus tips below! 👇 )

🚙 DRIVING
- Car rental
- Personal car: mileage, gasoline
- Uber, Taxi- Parking: garage, meter, lot
- Tolls

✈ FLIGHT
- Tickets
- Baggage fees
- In-flight internet
❌ Doesn’t include upgrades or in-flight movies

🚇 PUBLIC TRANSIT
- Subway
- Rail
- Bus
- Ferries

🍽 Food
- Restaurant
- Tips
❌ Doesn’t include entertainment (i.e. live shows)

🌎 INTERNATIONAL
- Passports and visas
- SIM card

🛎 LODGING
- Hotel
- Bellhop tips
❌ Doesn’t include extras, like in-house spa treatments

🧺 MISC
- Conference fees
- Printing or faxing business docs
- Dry cleaning and laundry

✅ AND THREE TIPS TO REMEMBER

(1) You need a receipt for every expense $25 or above

(2) Keep track of your small cash purchases

(3) Scanned/photographed receipts are just as valid as hardcopy ones (as long as they’re legible and complete!)

Hopefully that helps! 😉😉

And in case this is something you have to do a lot – and always forget to do – then just reach out ❤

I love helping my clients claim every possible tax deduction they can – and I’d love to help you do the same!

Becky Turner
Country Acres Bookkeeping