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Posted by bono9763@yahoo.com on March 23, 2007, 6:12 am
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> I am a PhD student and have accepted a position to be a
> faculty member this coming fall.
>
> I am filing itemized deductions.
>
> This past year, I attended several academic conferences
> related to my field. Conferences are an important of
> academia, particularly when one is on the job market,
> because so much of one's success depends on networking and
> having name recognition. At some of the conferences I
> interviewed, at others I presented, and at others I simply
> networked and attended sessions. I am wondering if I can
> deduct the expenses for some or all of the conferences, even
> though technically I was not strictly required to attend the
> conferences.
>
> Would it be more appropriate to claim these expenses as
> job-related overnight travel expenses, or as job search
> expenses? Does the fact that I am currently a graduate
> student and soon to be a professor mean that my occupation
> is changing, and thus the expenses are not deductible as job
> search expenses, or is my "occupation" broadly defined for
> tax purposes as an academic/educator?
Both job hunting and business expenses get reported in the
same place: Misc. Itemized Deductions subject to 2% of AGI.
They are legitimate job expenses, so I would report them
that way. You will have to do Form 2106 if you want to take
meals expenses, as only 50% of these are deductible.
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