As a professional genealogist residing in the US (I perform research for clients), the cost of Legacy is a tax deductible expense, so are the subscriptions to online genealogy services and memberships in genealogy societies as these expenses are necessary for the performance of my services. Items like document copies are included in my fees to the clients, so they are not tax deductible. Fees for documents needed to do business such as business licenses, corporate filings, notary, legal, and d.b.a. are also deductible. I use Legacy to track document expenses in the comments section of the source detail. I enter the time spent acquiring the document, and the cost of the copies. All business expenses and income are tracked using QuickBooks.
Document fees and expenses for my personal research are not tax deductible. Linda Altman http://www.southerngenealogy.com Southern Genealogy uses Legacy Family Tree! This highly acclaimed genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=6BL9QCi Have you unlocked the real power of Legacy? Legacy 6.0 Deluxe has 92 features not found in the Standard Edition. Learn more about these features at http://legacyfamilytree.com/DeluxeEdition.asp. Legacy User Group guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ For online technical support, please visit http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
