Tax time

here's a web site I found. Don't know anything about them, but according to there advertisements, they specilaize in travel nurses.

www.traveltax.com

careful about what other people tell you they deduct. That won't be good enough if you get audited. My advise is to consult with a professional atleast this first year. You can only deduct on what HAS been taxed already. You cannot be on tax deferred plan, and then deduct what wasn't taxed. IE--you aren't taxed on travel reimbursment...so you can't deduct that on the end of hte year. You can't deduct food expense, if you are on a tax deferred meal allowance. You can't deduct housing if you aren't taxed on subsidy. It would be like double deducting. You also can't deduct housing if you dont have a set residence somewhere else. If you have been taxed on your paychecks you can deduct at the end of the year. This is my understand from talking to people...but again contact an accountant who specializes in travel nurses. I know several people who have done it and one who got audited because of it. Its not worth the penalties. This will be my first year to do taxes while I'm traveling....Not looking foward to it. :-( I must find someone who can help me.

I used H & R Block last year. They seemed to be pretty knowledgeable about travel nursing. If they didn't deduct enough, then I'd rather not have counted enough than taken unneccessary deductions