Tax code favors the Manager
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If you couldn’t wear it for hanging out with friends without getting weird looks (“dude, why tf are you wearing a Starbucks apron/McDonald’s uniform? This issn’t à costume party. Did you not have time to change after work?”) it should be a company expense, not an employee one....
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Yeah making employees buy aprons is pretty dark. I understand its an "industry standard" but if I applied anywhere in the food industry and they asked me to buy pots and pans I would walk tf out
Can they actually not deduct it or do they just choose not to because the standard deduction is better for them than itemizing?
Even if they were over the standard deduction, they wouldn't even be able to deduct since that part of the itemized deduction went away with TCJA
It’s a bigger issue in the trades right now. A mechanic on a W-2 can’t write off his tools. That can be thousands of dollars a year.
The standard deduction really takes effort to get over. Wife and I were lucky enough to buy a house at the end of 24, and while I'm conservative about making sure things are justifiable incase the IRS come knocking, I would have thought the interest and my other things would...
Deduct? If they're required to wear it, the employer should pay for it.
My daughter works for Sbux, and she hasn't had to pay for any of the stuff she has to wear at work. Hell, they even gave her shoes.
In my state (California), they can't force you to buy something that can't be considered streetwear. For example, they can say green shirts are part of the dress code. And obviously, that wouldn't be a problem for someone to wear it on their day off. But, they can't say buy ...
You can write off work clothes on taxes as long as you have the receipt to prove it. The problem is that it doesn't matter how many business expenses you have unless your total deductions (expenses, some forms of interest, children to a degree, charitable donations, a few oth...
You cant if you can wear it outside. You can if you have to buy a uniform that looks like one
CEO cannot write off a jet on their taxes. This is such a bald face lie. The Starbucks CEO gets $250k a year in use of the company jet, anything beyond that the CEO has to reimburse the company. That $250k/year usage is part of their compensation package. They get $13M/year i...
Correct.. the CEO is a W2 employee, just like the rest of Starbucks’ employees. None of them, including the CEO, can write off any job related expenses whether itemizing or taking the standard deduction
yeah this is so messed up... ceo gets a private jet tax break but baristas can’t even deduct the stupid green apron they’re forced to buy. makes zero sense.
They can and do. The standard deduction is larger than than their $20 smock.
They can write off private jets, but teachers only get $300 credit
we need to elect members to congress that will represent the working class
First of all, 99% of people working as a Barista should be taking the standard deduction anyway. They are unlikely to benefit from itemized deductions. Second, if you itemize, go ahead claim that shit anyway. The IRS is badly underfunded and has no time to audit a $400 claim...
Fun fact: starbucks also uses general tricks to pay basically no tax. Like starbucks stores in the netherlands technically make no profit on purpose, how? All of the income goes to buying ingredients from *other starbucks branches in places with lower tax rates* (and usually l...
Yes, because raising the standard deduction removes the ability to deduct things like mortgage interest, money spent on medical supplies and work related items. They have be higher standard deduction. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DEDUCT THEM ON TOP OF not instead of!!
Should let the rich guy write off the cost of a phone at the most. Let him use Zoom instead of traveling.
IMO - if it’s just “wear nice clothing”, that doesn’t bother me. If it’s very specific branded clothing, or something very unique to the job, then company needs to foot that bill.