Writing off some expenses while living in the DR?

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Um, well I know where this is probably going to lead?
OK, Im trying to figure out if I can write off any part of my 6 months of rent against my "stock trading"? I dont qualify for Cap Gains with the amount of trades I'm doing, so I file as "sole proprietor". And in my domicile I have "real expenses" I can write off..
If I spend 6 months in the DR and Im still actively trading, can I write off anything? Or is the tax man going to say, "Why did you need to go to the DR and trade"? I guess I could say I wanted to study the coconuts on the actual trees before I bought Palm Oil futures... Or maybe I could get a temp licence for the Electronic Dominican exchange..
Does anyone who trades while living in the DR write off anything?
 

cobraboy

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You can "write off" legitimate business expenses (all "writing off" does is reduce that expendature at your tax rate; it's not Free Money.) .

Or are you asking if you should cheat on your taxes and create some bogus reason for doing so?
 

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You can "write off" legitimate business expenses (all "writing off" does is reduce that expendature at your tax rate; it's not Free Money.) .

Or are you asking if you should cheat on your taxes and create some bogus reason for doing so?

No Im not looking to cheat, dont need too..
I dont think you understand my post..
If you do? What Legitimate "write offs do I have" trading, while in the DR?
I think its zero, because I could have carried on my biz in my own country.
Im trying to see if other traders expense their rent in DR, but pay taxes in USA or Canada.
 
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cobraboy

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No Im not looking to cheat, dont need too..
I dont think you understand my post..
If you do? What Legitimate "write offs do I have"?
If you're actually a real "trader" then you don't need anyone to answer that question. You already KNOW what qualifies as a legitimate business expense.

That question is best answered by your CPA, and if you don't have one I question your legitimacy. You won't find the answers on DR1.

:classic:
 

william webster

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Where are you domociled?
Do you write off office expenses at your principal office/residence?
Are there more or less costly than RD?

Half a year in RD and the other half in your domocile country?

Which offers the higher expense?

Ask a CPA ?

WW
 

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If you're actually a real "trader" then you don't need anyone to answer that question. You already KNOW what qualifies as a legitimate business expense.

That question is best answered by your CPA, and if you don't have one I question your legitimacy. You won't find the answers on DR1.

:classic:

Do me a favour, dont respond to my questions if you are going to be "douche".. ok Douche?
 

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Where are you domociled?
Do you write off office expenses at your principal office/residence?
Are there more or less costly than RD?

Half a year in RD and the other half in your domocile country?

Which offers the higher expense?

Ask a CPA ?

WW

Yes, its a question for a CPA, just wondered what others were doing.
 

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Do me a favour, dont respond to my questions if you are going to be "douche".. ok Douche?

T Boone:

Totally uncalled for, Cobra Boy is a legitimate business man in DR, and actually knows what he is talking about, some of the time.

Write off the entire trip, including suntan lotion, I write off T&A/E on Schedule C all the time, hard to remember where the expenses actually occured sometime with all those trades.

Good Trading,

~tambo'

**Hint: Set up an LLC in The Caymans.
 
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