re: To deduct or not to deduct, that is the question.

there's no fraud, the tax returns I would give them would be the same ones I send the IRS.

I'm talking about not deducting vehicle expenses, not deducting the $1200 I spent on the convention this year, not deducting my charitable donations, not deducting the cell phone bill, not deducting credit card processing fees and that kind of stuff. The things some people even forget to deduct. I'm going to claim expenses, I'm in a service repair field and a lot of expenses are parts. I have to claim that.

It's just in the past I did all the forms myself believing I knew enough to do it all right, last year I used Turbotax and it got me a lot more in deductions.
which in turn made my net income decline.