Hi, so I shoot sporting events mainly MLS games. However, I am not being paid for it. It’s more of a get you foot in the door type thing

So if I travel let’s say 6-7 hours and spend the night at an hotel. Can I write those things off?

I do other paid photography events like weddings etc.

  • shanebahmann@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I second talking to an accountant.

    If you were a business, then you can definitely write off those expenses. Since you’re not making any money doing it then I’m not sure you can. A lot of tax benefits are reserved for actual businesses and are worded to limit hobby-businesses (essentially people pretending they have a business so they can deduct their hobby related expenses)