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   feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Oct-2024 22:34:46 JST feld

   • sidereal
   @sidereal commuting yes, rent... that's complicated. The property owner is already able to do write offs, having the tenants able to do it as well would probably take a non-trivial amount of taxes out of the system.
   
   I don't have a good answer for this. It needs more careful thought and analysis I guess.
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     Δж3 (ax3@wizard.casa)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Oct-2024 22:38:53 JST Δж3

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     @feld @sidereal in the states you can write off a portion of your rent if that dwelling is used for business solely. it's not worth the hassle half the time. the hack here is to rent an office, and sleep on your office couch.

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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Oct-2024 22:42:34 JST feld

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     • Δж3
     @ax3 @sidereal
     
     > in the states you can write off a portion of your rent if that dwelling is used for business solely. it's not worth the hassle half the time
     
     I do it. I write off the square footage of my apartment used for my home office space. Sure, a lot of people will still come in under the standard deduction but it doesn't take any effort to measure a room and do simple math
     
     > the hack here is to rent an office, and sleep on your office couch.
     
     lol well that's pretty illegal, but i get your point
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     Δж3 (ax3@wizard.casa)'s status on Wednesday, 23-Oct-2024 00:14:58 JST Δж3

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     @feld @sidereal

     > I do it. I write off the square footage of my apartment used for my home office space. Sure, a lot of people will still come in under the standard deduction but it doesn't take any effort to measure a room and do simple math

     i do the same, but it can be a trigger for the government. as long as you keep good records it's fine.

     > lol well that's pretty illegal, but i get your point

     it was tongue-in-cheek. but if one is a nomad, there could be a technicality somewhere, but i don't go into this rabbithole.

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