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What Color Polystain on Furniture in Room with Blue Walls?

admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:35:22 +0000

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I bought some Maple Wood Desks and Book Cases for my home office, and I’m having the furniture stripped and re-finished.

The Room has Blue (Palatinate) Walls with White Trim. The Floors are Hard-wood (pine) with an "Antique Pine" Poly stain.

Given the present color scheme of the room, what color would you suggest I re-finish the furniture with? Someone suggested just painting it white, but I’m not a big fan of painted wood, plus it might be too much Blue & White going on. Any suggestions?

Has anyone ever tried to use one of the "stability ball office chairs?" What'd you think?

admin — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:40:21 +0000

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Something like this…..

http://www.gaiam.com/product/eco-home-outdoor/living-space/furniture/exercise-ball-ballanceball-chair.do?gcid=S18376x030&keyword=exercise+ball+chair

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admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:42 +0000

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Is it reading, viewing, gut feel or something else?
For all of you beginning home decorators buy Martha Stewart’s "How to Decorate". You can have a nice home without a bunch of money.

http://www.amazon.com/How-Decorate-Martha-Stewart-Living/dp/0517887800/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-4625797-0004161?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180807701&sr=1-1

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Does my home office qualify for Federal Income Tax deduction?

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:15:18 +0000

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My wife recently started a "work from home" job for a company. The company provided her with a computer & monitor and we, in turn, had to install a separate and dedicated internet connection and a telephone line for her to use exclusively in her job (we could not use our current Internet connection or our home phone – company rules). This office is set up in a spare bedroom that is not used for any other purpose (it wasn’t used at all until she got this job) & it doesn’t have any other furniture except a bookcase and a chair. We have to pay the installation fee plus the monthly bills for the separate Internet and phone lines. We have to purchase an ergonomic desk chair and a fire extinguisher for this office, per the company policy. There is a company inspector coming to verify that we have all of this set up per the company guidelines. She will do all of her work from home with the exception of a meeting she attends for a day every couple of months.

Now here’s the bone of contention with the tax deduction. In order to deduct the expense of a home office for an "employee", the office must be for the convenience of the employer and not the employee. She was given a choice of working from home at a reduced rate of pay AND incurring the expenses mentioned above OR working at their site which is quite a distance from our home. If she elected to work at the site, she would receive /hour more in pay and would not have to pay the monthly expenses that she does from home.

This is a national company that handles reservations many different well-known for hotels throughout the United States. They have offices in several major cities, and they offer this arrangement to all the employees who take reservations.

So I’m not sure if it satisfies the "at the convenience of the employer" portion of the IRS rule for claiming the deduction as a home office. Most situations are pretty cut and dry, but this one is not. Certainly if all their reservationists decided only to work from the main offices, the company would not have enough room for them and it would then be at the convenience of the employer. As it stands now, I’m not sure.

Someone who has actually dealt with this situation on a tax return please reply. I have done a lot of taxes myself over the years, so I don’t really need "In my opinion" answers.

If we can’t claim the business expense of the office, then working for less pay & footing all the bills of the office at home really doesn’t make much sense.
Oh, and by the way, the "company" does not offer tax advice. They said "See your tax accountant on the requirements for meeting a home office deduction."
Richard, you misread the question. We are not operating a "business", she would be an employee working from home at the convenience of her employer. I am aware of the IRS tax code on home office deductions.

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Is mileage from home office for a sole prop. on Sch C to second job deductible?

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:48:29 +0000

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My husband and I have a B&B that my husband helps out in the mornings in our home office doing bookkeeping and reservations. Is the mileage that he drives to his second job as a bookkeeper deductible as mileage between jobs as he is co-owner of the B&B and does substantial work for the business. If he works in the home office, or does other business related tasks in the evening is also his mileage from his job to the B&B in our home also deductible?

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admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:30:50 +0000

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I really want to get microsoft office home cd & student 2007 so I can do my school projects and reports on it. But i was wondering, if I installed it into my computer, is it possible to use the same cd to install it to my laptop or my sister’s laptop when she goes to college soon?

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admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:56:57 +0000

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admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:41:34 +0000

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I want the kind where I can "draw" the room the way I want it. I’ve found some here & there, but they don’t do what I want. I want to be able to make the drawings like the decorators do when they make their presentations. (I hope that makes sense.)

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admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 02:46:54 +0000

I have ants at home and at work at my desk too and I hate pesticides and the awful smell & poison they are. Any home remedies for this that actually work?

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What Color Polystain on Furniture in Room with Blue Walls?

Has anyone ever tried to use one of the "stability ball office chairs?" What'd you think?

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Does my home office qualify for Federal Income Tax deduction?

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Is mileage from home office for a sole prop. on Sch C to second job deductible?

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Can the Microsoft Office Home cd & Student 2007 be installed into 2 or 3 different computers/laptops?

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