claaark13
Well-Known Member
You do need to factor in:
-shipping costs (sometimes, this is occasionally included and occasionally the responsibility of the buyer)
-shipping materials costs
-gas costs/wear-and-tear on the vehicle
-time (which has value since it could be used doing something else, like making an hourly wage) spent packing, purchasing packing materials, dropping off boxes, driving and waiting in line for beer, etc.
Maybe that doesn't dip that much into the ~30k, but it's got to add up to something.
**** man, and they can only deduct up to 50% of their T&E against their income if they are to file, and they'd have to keep mileage. Plus, they don't even know their true cost of shipping until it hits their account, and who ******* wants to keep track of that ****. All that math.
I have non-deductible expenses related to my job (transportation, time, value-added effort, etc.), but what really sucks is that I am unable on a Friday to go to my car, change my shirt and put on a fake beard, go back to the end of the Payroll line and get an additional allotment of income.