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Is pest control tax deductable?
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NewBlood
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Posted 1 month ago
Thu Oct 1 2009 8:31:29
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Hey everyone,
The K9 team I hired to do an earlier inspection is being awesome enough to come back and do another inspection - this time with a visual to follow up on what the dog alerts too. I am attempting to take this opportunity to get my real estate agency and land lord involved so that at least they can understand the danger of these miserable little insects (how expensive and troublesome they are to treat), ask questions, and see how prep is done.
I began wondering if pest control (especially multi-unit buildings as the apartment I am in) can be wrote off as tax-deductable or wrote off, or whatever I am trying to say? (Can some of it be declared in a way that it saves the Land Lord money?) I like my land lord - he's been great with service for me in the past but I know he has NO idea about these insects at all. I'm in New Jersey - if the laws here about such things are different then in other places. I am of the belief that providing as much information as possible as early as possible will help my situation (and possibly my neighbors, and the LL himself as well) alot.
- New Blood.
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buggyinsocal
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Posted 1 month ago
Thu Oct 1 2009 9:51:51
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I'm a tenant, not a landlord, but my accountant said no last year.
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cilecto
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Posted 1 month ago
Thu Oct 1 2009 18:45:47
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Like any other business cost, if the LL paid for treatment, it reduced his profit and therefore, his taxes. As an individual, it might be considered a "casualty loss", you might want to research that angle. Google on insect casualty loss.
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