Advice: Your personal business better be real if you are using it to claim for tax purposes

Moonlighting can be a great way to use your skillset to bring in some extra cash on the side. For some, it may also be a way to justify writing off some otherwise “personal” expenses, such as expenses for the business use of a work space in your home, for tax purposes. But be forewarned — if you don’t operate your business in a commercial manner or it’s deemed that there is a significant personal element associated with your so-called “business,” any losses you incur from that business may be denied by the taxman.

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