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DeveloperPermalink Reply by Doug Weibel on March 14, 2012 at 6:27pm

You can claim these things as a business expense if you can demonstrate that they were purchased for a business venture with the intent of making money.  If you are audited and the auditor believes that you never had the intention of operating a viable business, expect the deductions to be disallowed and a penalty assessed.

There is no basis of claiming these as deductions simply because you are employed in a related field.

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