Are legal fees for attorney tax deductible?
Thursday, May 13th, 2010 at
3:42 am
My husband is military and we have spent $9,000 so far on a civilian attorney to fight to keep my husband’s job…it’s still not over, so probably will cost at least another $5,000, and unsure of what the outcome will be.
The details of why aren’t really important, Cialis Online Ted…the question is are legal fees tax deductible if they are spent for the purpose of saving one’s job.
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If he is in the military why are you spending money to save his job?
Attorney’s fees for preparation of tax returns or for advice on the production of taxable income are deductible.
So, yeah, some of the specifics would be needed. For example if the attorney is hired to defend him at trial by Court Martial even though a win would allow him to keep his job, the principal purpose would be criminal defense, not the production of taxable income. In that case, the fees would NOT be deductible.