movie related tax write-offs?

[Brandon Fraley]

As someone who makes the majority of his income as a cinematographer, can I write-off movie tickets, netflix, etc? I hadn't thought about it until a couple weeks ago, when I went to go see Book of Eli and found myself very concerned with how they were grading the footage and handling the highlights, etc. It honestly feels like appropriate, nay- NECESSARY research for my field. Anyone have insight about this?

THANKS!

[chrislancaster]

last i heard ..you can but i only know this as a small business owner and maybe different for the state ... lots of advantages of being just a little dba

[Tim Sutherland]

I know a lot of people who write of all their movie tickets as education. I don't get to the theater as often as I'd like, so I don't worry about it too much. But this year that I'm doing more freelance work I think I will be writing off my netflix subscription.

Tim

[Noah Kadner]

I'm a doctor not a tax preparer dammit!

Noah

[Craig Ryan]

As I understand it, if you own a company, which could be an LLC (limited Liability Company), you can pretty much write off any expenses...meals, purchases..what-have-yous.

...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BurZnaBas6U

hehe

[Darren Orange]

Yes you can, if its in your Business. Game Developers/Designers can write off video games.