It’s hard to keep up with the ever-changing tax code but if you still need to do your taxes this year, consider these four commonly overlooked deductions: Out-of-pocket costs incurred while doing work for a charity: You can write off costs…
Author: Maryann Monforte
MaryAnn Monforte is a professor of accounting practice at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. She teaches in the undergraduate program, as well as at the graduate level, including Accounting@Syracuse. A licensed CPA in New York State, her areas of expertise include technology marketing and sales, software applications and their impact on business, the dot-com bust, going public with companies, the emergence of web-based applications, bankruptcy, and reorganization under Chapter 11. Professor Monforte’s industry experiences includes working at Sungard Corporation, I-Many Inc., Big Machines, Niku, Impletech International, QAD, CIS Corporation and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. She has a bachelor’s degree from Ithaca College and an MBA from the Whitman School.
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