2nd shooter for wedding ??

[Breezy]

If you second shoot for a wedding and it is basically for your experience would the mileage be tax deductible?
I am interested in 2nd shooting with someone who is willing to allow me for my own learning experience and hey it can't hurt right? So I just want to know if the mileage would be deductible since it isn't here in town?
TIA for any and all help.
Not sure if the B&G would be allowed to purchase any of my photos.

[Breezy]

Also I am prinitng up some 8X10s for different portfolios, would I use my Tax ID # to get them tax free or NO since I wouldn't be reselling them.
Sorry for all of the ?s

[bondarnes]

The answer to the first is yes you can claim mileage for travel to an event. The answer to the second would also be yes IF you would be willing to sell the images in your portfolio.

[Breezy]

Awesome Don thank you.
But if I go ahead and pay the taxes there aren't any ?s for sure then right?
Thanks again :D

[dtscds]

As I understand it, if you purchase something that is part of your process for producing a product for sale, you can buy it without paying sales tax. So, if your prints are for sale, the printing is part of your "production" process and non-taxable. But, if they are not for sale then you pay sales tax.
There are threads on this under the business section. A lens bought for the business that also gets used for your personal stuff means only a portion can be considered non-taxable--the 'personal' portion is taxable. It gets pretty complex so I tend to pay the tax on everything.
As Don said, your mileage is deductible (along with meals and lodging if that is involved). I just got an accountant this week and he said that everything I do that is business related, get a receipt and keep track of it. As long as it can be considered "reasonable" you can deduct it. (I guess the trick there is figuring out what the IRS considers "reasonable". )

[Breezy]

CD thanks
I have been an independant Contractor before so some of this I know and some of it I don't. lol like since I may not get any "money" for the assist job I wasn't sure lol.
As for the IRS heck we have been audited before and it wasn't fun lol not as bad as I expected but still not fun. Luckily we had bought the "gold guarantee" from JH and they paid the entire amount owed. The IRS was claiming we owed over $4K and they got it down to 1400 or so with all of my receipts, luckily they were at fault cause the preparer slipped in something that shouldn't have been there.

So yeah definately keep all receipts and a detailed mileage ledger that got me my most deductions since I was driving back and forth from Norfolk VA to Charleston SC often and several trips to NC too.
So yeah they are hard core but not nearly as bad if you have "proof"
Thanks again for all of the help you guys are awesome!

[hhscr]

Here is how the sales tax collection has been explained to me regarding final products.

If you are planning on reselling the item, then don't pay the tax when you buy it, but you have to collect the sales tax on the amount you sell it for.

If you are not planning on resale then pay the sales taxes when you purchase it.

If you do wind up purchasing without paying the Sales Tax and wind up using the item for your own use, you claim the purchase amount on the Sales Tax Form when you figure what you owe for Sales Taxes and then add the Sales Tax at that time.

Good Luck with this because it can be confusing and I have even called the State Comptrollers office and gotten diffrent answers to the same question. If you have any doubts be sure and ask the comptroller and keep good notes on the answers you get.

[Breezy]

Awesome
Thanks for the info.
I didn't pay taxes cause Adorama doesn't charge it. So I guess we will see if I can sell any of them lol.