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May wanna ask some Minnesota boys about claiming to live somewhere vs where they really lived:eek::D
Don't know if they got jail time (no memory anymore) but I think the ones in Hennipan County got tagged with a felony.

I've always been talked out of claiming commuter hotels. I was told its a grey area. It wouldn't flag an audit but I would probably lose it in an audit if I got tagged for something else. The CPA who told me that did lots of pilots when I lived in Dallas.

Ferd

Thanks for the input! I'm not trying to claim a state I don't live in to save on taxes, I am just curious on the IRS definition of a Tax Home, as stated in their regs. If it's where I live, then I can deduct commuting. If it's ATL, then I can't. Unfortunately, you can read it either way, so I was hoping somebody had some experience with it. You can call the IRS, but I don't think you can email them. I suppose that's so they can't be held to one advisor's interpretation of the rule. It would be nice to actually have something chiseled in stone (or email) from them.

Alan Shore

08-21-2014 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by illini90 (Post 1709814)

My firm understanding is that you cannot deduct commuting expenses, including the cost of a crash pad or hotel between 1-day trips.

Ferd149

08-21-2014 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by illini90 (Post 1709814)

I was being tongue in cheek about the state thing.....we had several NWA guys get tagged per merger. One guy claimed Alaska as I recall while he was president of his home owners association in Minneapolis :D

hoserpilot

08-21-2014 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Carl Spackler (Post 1709718)

Again, if truth doesn't matter to you, don't read.

Carl

Now your starting to sound like Johnso. "If you don't like it just go away." You obviously didn't see the smiley. Simmer down El Capitan.

nwaf16dude

08-21-2014 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Ferd149 (Post 1709819)

I'm pretty sure at least one guy got jail time over that. Supposedly he was claiming Florida by using a mailboxes etc address, or something almost that stupid.

johnso29

08-21-2014 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by hoserpilot (Post 1709822)

Now your starting to sound like Johnso. "If you don't like it just go away." You obviously didn't see the smiley. Simmer down El Capitan.

Nice to see you're still holding a personal grudge against me for rules that I didn't create. Maybe practice what you're preaching? :rolleyes:

johnso29

08-21-2014 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by hoserpilot (Post 1709834)

No rules were broken. Simmer down moderator.

PM sent...........

Purple Drank

08-21-2014 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by nwaf16dude (Post 1709824)

I'm pretty sure at least one guy got jail time over that. Supposedly he was claiming Florida by using a mailboxes etc address, or something almost that stupid.

...and another one is currently a chief pilot.

Say, didn't I read something once about Delta's values-driven culture?

Carl Spackler

08-21-2014 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by hoserpilot (Post 1709822)

Now your starting to sound like Johnso. "If you don't like it just go away." You obviously didn't see the smiley.

Sorry, I didn't see the smiley. Too much speed reading. :o

Carl

johnso29

08-21-2014 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by hoserpilot (Post 1709834)

No rules were broken. Simmer down moderator.