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    mzorleanz2u2008 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 6, 2008, 03:13 PM
    I was a contract employer.
    I was employed as a contract employer... I am filling out a 1099 - MISC.. what type of deductions can I claim.. I am now a permanent employee but I am trying to see what type of things I can place as a deduction so I do not owe the government that much money... :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:
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    Feb 6, 2008, 04:47 PM
    Well for course you will have to pay yourself employment taxes ( which would normaly have been your social security taxes)

    But as a 1099 contractor you were self employed it was your own business, so you can deduct anything that you used or did as a self employed person that was business related
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    Feb 11, 2008, 01:38 PM
    True, except for the commuting expenses (travel from home to work and back).

    Commuting expenses are NEVER deductible.
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