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NOYB,
You are just upset because you would have to fill some cavities to
write
off your trip, but it still might be a good deal.
There are all sorts of "grey area" methods to save taxes. Writing off
non-business related trips as a business expense is not my way to save
taxes. As a corporation, I could make my wife an officer, and then
write-off *any* trip that I take by simply keeping a journal of daily
"business meetings". But I consider that unethical...and would never
do
it.
But there are always those educational seminars held in luxury vacations
spots. The medical doctors seem to really be hooked on those.

The only one I take advantage of is the annual Florida Dental Association
meeting in Orlando. But I must get an advertisement for a new one in
some exotic locale almost every day in the mail.

I *will* be attending the ADA meeting in Hawaii in 2009 though. ;-)


I get clients to pay for many of my trips. They usually want some sort of
presentation from me at their meetings. Since I am on a retainer fee, they
don't have to pay more for me to be there, so they're glad to pick up my
airfare, hotel, meals, et cetera. I was invited to a meeting next month in
Seattle, but I talked the client into putting me off until Spring. I do
hope the sun shines a little in Seattle in the Spring.

Do you claim the trip as income?