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Thanks again Mike!

In Response To: And some more ()

: Greg,
: First of all, sorry, did not mean to imply that
: you did not have some knowledge of tax laws.
: I usually assume Im talking to someone with
: little knowledge.

No harm, no foul.

: Second, reference my first message where I
: stated the following: According to the IRS,
: you would need to prove the following: 1)Its
: unreimbursed
: 2)Its directly connected with the services
: 3)Expenses you had only because of the services
: you gave
: 4)Not personal, living, or family expenses.

: I think that a watch clearly does not meet
: criteria #4, and marginally meets criteria 2
: and 3. I agree with Gator that unless you
: could prove it is used exclusively for you
: job and nothing else, you have a shot. My
: guess is that the IRS might allow a nominal
: expense, maybe under $100 for something with
: the functionality required by the job. And I
: would go to bat for you on that, but not
: much else.

I 100% agree with you that a $2k jewelry (let's call a spade a spade) might fail 2,3 and 4 of the above and I think I have to put the pipe down and figure out some other, legitimate ways of deducting from my income.

: Give it a shot. Its up to you if you are
: willing to take the risk.

I have a long while to sleep on it (it's for 2007, not 2006) but I think rationally speaking it would be improper to try to deduct such an expense. I even thought about calling it "chronometric pulse counter" :-).