As a trader with a professional trading firm, what expenses can I claim against my profits?
TIA,
Gary
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Gary
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What expenses can be written off?
- Thread starter Gary Stevens
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Quote from Gary Stevens:
As a trader with a professional trading firm, what expenses can I claim against my profits?
TIA,
Gary
Our traders pay virtually everything through their trading accounts. Any "outside" expenses (home office, computers, cable, etc.) they turn in to us in December, and we adjust their K-1 to reflect all this (obviously within reason). K-1 is then "triple net" and they are obviously exempt from FICA (Self-Employment Tax). I'm sure your Firm is doing something similar.
Happy New Year!
Don
What percent of my household expenses can I assign to "home office" expense?
Can I write off health insurance?
Any other "outside" expenses that can be written off?
Thanks.
GS
Can I write off health insurance?
Any other "outside" expenses that can be written off?
Thanks.
GS
Quote from Don Bright:
Our traders pay virtually everything through their trading accounts. Any "outside" expenses (home office, computers, cable, etc.) they turn in to us in December, and we adjust their K-1 to reflect all this (obviously within reason). K-1 is then "triple net" and they are obviously exempt from FICA (Self-Employment Tax). I'm sure your Firm is doing something similar.
Happy New Year!
Don
You can write off your health insurance premiums too. Do you know if you can also write off your deductibles as well?
maverick you run a prop firm ? could have fooled me as your information is dead ass wrong. if you're getting a k-1 are you're a retail trader you cannot write off your health ins.YOU MUST HAVE EARNED INCOME TO WRITE OFF YOUR HEALTH INS ARE RETIREMENT
PLAN. unless you get a 1099 from your prop house( if you are you're getting screwed big time) then you can't write off your health ins. the above can be written off only if you pay social security on earned income.there's so much incorrect trader tax info out there its sad.
PLAN. unless you get a 1099 from your prop house( if you are you're getting screwed big time) then you can't write off your health ins. the above can be written off only if you pay social security on earned income.there's so much incorrect trader tax info out there its sad.
don when you write off your traders expense against there k-1 income is each item itemized on the k-1 so the irs see's it?also doesn't birght have to account for each traders expense writeoff on your income taxes? i find it hard to believe the irs doesn't want to see the writeoff portion of each traders k-1
Quote from john12:
maverick you run a prop firm ? could have fooled me as your information is dead ass wrong. if you're getting a k-1 are you're a retail trader you cannot write off your health ins.YOU MUST HAVE EARNED INCOME TO WRITE OFF YOUR HEALTH INS ARE RETIREMENT
PLAN. unless you get a 1099 from your prop house( if you are you're getting screwed big time) then you can't write off your health ins. the above can be written off only if you pay social security on earned income.there's so much incorrect trader tax info out there its sad.
Well, you can add your info to the list of incorrect info. No, I do not run a prop firm. Never have. And I have both K-1 and 1099 income. I would venture a guess that 97% of traders on ET are getting 1099's, not K-1's. Be careful with the accusations capadre.