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#1 (permalink)   05-24-2010 PDX Guy Contributing Member Company name: Social Marketing Portland What's New In Portland?: NATURE UNLEASHED: Inside Natural Disasters! Opens ... My latest Twitter: Its the scars that can't be seen that take th...   Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vancouver/Portland Posts: 83 Smart Phones I work in Social Media pretty much exclusively and use my Android to do a good deal of it when I'm away from my desktop and laptop. I have my apps on it for Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook, my email, etc. They are hooked into client accounts so I can work anywhere. Would I be able to take the monthly payments for my cell as a deduction at the end of the year? Thanks for any information __________________ Tony Thomas - Social Media Professional Social Media of Portland

#2 (permalink)   05-27-2010 Balanced Business Service Contributing Member Company name: Balanced Business Service   Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Virginia Beach, VA Posts: 117 Re: Smart Phones Hi Tony, Well I'm not a tax person but I am a bookkeeper. Do you pay for it out of your business account? Is it used for your business? If you pay for it out of your business account and you use it for your business, why wouldn't it be an expense like any other such as your phone, fax etc.? You need to ask your tax preparer but that's my view from the bookkeeping side. Take care, __________________ Stephanie Finkbeiner - Balanced Business Service Helping you balance more than the books

#3 (permalink)   05-27-2010 PDX Guy Contributing Member Company name: Social Marketing Portland What's New In Portland?: NATURE UNLEASHED: Inside Natural Disasters! Opens ... My latest Twitter: Its the scars that can't be seen that take th...   Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vancouver/Portland Posts: 83 Re: Smart Phones I use TurboTax for all my tax prep, so I don't have a preparer, per se. Since, I'm just starting out, anything I purchase for the business, I do it out of of the same checking account that I use for everyday use. I do keep receipts of business expenses and, yes, I use it almost exclusively for my social marketing work. __________________ Tony Thomas - Social Media Professional Social Media of Portland

#4 (permalink)   05-27-2010 Virtually Assisting You Active Member Company name: Virtually Assisting You Latest blog post: My Grand Inspiration My latest Twitter: RT @Danianneb: @garyvee I saw you at #TAOM yester...   Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Southwest MO Posts: 669 Blog Entries: 8 Re: Smart Phones Hello, My tax lady uses my cell phone as a deduction. I have a smartphone and use it for business as well. I just keep track of the bills and turn them over to her. However, I don't always pay the bill out of my business account. I'm not an accountant but I would definitely check into it Good Luck! __________________ Kena~ Everyone smiles in the same language