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I pay someone to mow my lawn. Can I claim that some how when I do my taxes next year?
Investment Property
I pay someone to mow my lawn. Can I claim that some how when I do my taxes next year?
Investment Property
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Only if it’s a rental property or a business. For your personal residence, the answer is NO!
If you rent out the home where you pay someone to mow the lawn, then it is a deductible expense. If it’s your residence, then, no, it’s not deductible.
The only way you can take a tax deduction for your lawn care is for you to treat this person as an employee. There is a form Schedule H for household employees. You will have to withhold federal and state taxes if applicable and pay your portion of the social security taxes. You will also have to pay state and federal unemployment taxes. At the end of the year, you will have to give the lawn mower a W-2 and file all the federal forms that go along with it.
Only if it’s rental property, not if it’s your lawn at your personal residence. That’s a personal expense that’s yours, and not deductible.
If you pay the person over $600 for the year, you are supposed to provide them with a 1099 showing that, and also report it to the IRS.
if it’s a rental property yes, personal residence no. Unless you use part of your house for business purposes, then you could expense a % of the mowing, but it would be limited to the % that your office in your house is to the total size of the house.