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tax tips

Owning and running
a business takes long
hours and dedication, and most retail
bakery owners prefer
to run the business

Often an owner

Send Them,
Deduct It

returns from a
trade show or
seminar bursting
with excitement
over new ideas

onsite. Business travel

and can hardly

is hectic, exhausting

wait to implement

and removes you from

them. However, the

the place you need to be

staff lacks that same

most to ensure success.

enthusiasm, understandably. Not having been
there when a new idea was

When retail bakery trade shows

presented, for the staff, it’s just

and seminars present themselves,

something additional to their

it’s often the owner or manager who

daily responsibilities.

is either enlisted, or enlists themselves to
attend, but you can deduct an employee’s travel,
and it can produce tremendous, albeit sometimes intangible,

Documentation

benefits to the store.

A business owner can deduct everything from an employee’s
business trip including airfare, taxi rides, lodging and meals,

“When they [employees] can take ownership of something

as long as there is documentation. “We just had a thing in

like that, and they feel special about going, it’s just a win, win

Long Beach, which wasn’t a big travel thing, but there were

situation to send your staff out on certain things like that,” says

some expenses that were incurred with that as far as the

Kirk Rossberg, owner of Torrance Bakery in Torrance, CA.

admission and stuff like that,” Rossberg says. “That was all

“It’s a great idea. Business owners should do that all the time.”

deductible.”

DEDUCTIBLE TRAVEL EXPENSES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE COSTS OF:
• Travel by airplane, train, bus, or car • Fares for taxis or other types of
• Other similar ordinary and necessary
between your home and your busitransportation between the airport
expenses related to your business
ness destination. (If you are provided
or train station and your hotel, the
travel (These expenses might include
with a ticket or you are riding free
hotel and the work location, and from
transportation to and from a busias a result of a frequent traveler or
one customer to another, or from one
ness meal, public stenographer’s fees,
similar program, your cost is zero.)
place of business to another.
computer rental fees, and operating
and maintaining a house trailer).
• Using your car while at your busi• Meals and lodging.
ness destination. You can deduct
• Shipping of baggage, and sample or
• Tips you pay for services related to
actual expenses or the standard
display material between your regular
any of these expenses.
mileage rate, as well as businessand temporary work locations.
• Dry cleaning and laundry.
related tolls and parking fees.
SOURCE: WWW.IRS.GOV
If you rent a car, you can deduct only • Business calls while on your busithe business-use portion for
ness trip (This includes business
the expenses.
communications by fax machine or
other communication devices).

14 < MAR 2013 | bakemag.com


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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of bake - May 2013

bake - May 2013
editor’s note - THE MERCHANDISING ISSUE: the details matter
Contents
News bites
management - Red Envelope Specials
tax tips - Send Them, Deduct It
labor front - Regulations on the Horizon
legislation - Plan Ahead for Health Insurance
ingredients - Raisins in Snack Foods
mindful design
the essentials of aesthetics
displays that pop, rock and roll
What’s Old is New
Revisiting a Classic… The Bagel
Cake Pops Save Dough
Complement Your Cakes
Soup and Sandwich Specials
Products
Ad Index
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bake - May 2013 - 2
bake - May 2013 - editor’s note - THE MERCHANDISING ISSUE: the details matter
bake - May 2013 - 4
bake - May 2013 - Contents
bake - May 2013 - 6
bake - May 2013 - 7
bake - May 2013 - News bites
bake - May 2013 - 9
bake - May 2013 - 10
bake - May 2013 - 11
bake - May 2013 - management - Red Envelope Specials
bake - May 2013 - 13
bake - May 2013 - tax tips - Send Them, Deduct It
bake - May 2013 - 15
bake - May 2013 - labor front - Regulations on the Horizon
bake - May 2013 - 17
bake - May 2013 - legislation - Plan Ahead for Health Insurance
bake - May 2013 - 19
bake - May 2013 - ingredients - Raisins in Snack Foods
bake - May 2013 - 21
bake - May 2013 - mindful design
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bake - May 2013 - the essentials of aesthetics
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bake - May 2013 - displays that pop, rock and roll
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bake - May 2013 - What’s Old is New
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bake - May 2013 - Revisiting a Classic… The Bagel
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bake - May 2013 - 46
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bake - May 2013 - Cake Pops Save Dough
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bake - May 2013 - Complement Your Cakes
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bake - May 2013 - Soup and Sandwich Specials
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bake - May 2013 - Products
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bake - May 2013 - Ad Index
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