Hello all, not sure if this is the correct place for this question, but my husband recently started his own painting business after working professionally in painting for 28 years. (he is going to join this forum next week when he gets the time)
And yes, he is a professional, and I am in this with him.
He is new at bookkeeping for this(as am I), and wants to know if you can deduct ladders, sprayer, and other tools or not (ran into some time sensitive things we need to file so that is why I am asking and not him as he is slow at typing on the computer).
He learned that you are not allowed to deduct painting clothes so he wants to be sure that he does this correctly.
Also, it is just him (meaning no non-family employees at the moment), what kind of bookkeeping software is simple and not expensive that we can start out with- or excel spreadsheets that can be easily adapted to painting?
So many of these things are made for other types of businesses and are WAY over complicated for the records that need to be kept.
Thanks!:thumbup:
And yes, he is a professional, and I am in this with him.
He is new at bookkeeping for this(as am I), and wants to know if you can deduct ladders, sprayer, and other tools or not (ran into some time sensitive things we need to file so that is why I am asking and not him as he is slow at typing on the computer).
He learned that you are not allowed to deduct painting clothes so he wants to be sure that he does this correctly.
Also, it is just him (meaning no non-family employees at the moment), what kind of bookkeeping software is simple and not expensive that we can start out with- or excel spreadsheets that can be easily adapted to painting?
So many of these things are made for other types of businesses and are WAY over complicated for the records that need to be kept.
Thanks!:thumbup: