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STEP BY STEP GUIDE How to write off the iPhone 18 Pro or iPhone Duo on your taxes
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This slideshow provides a step-by-step guide for self-employed individuals on how to legally write off a new smartphone as a business expense. It concludes by introducing the Keeper app as a tool that automatically identifies such tax write-offs.
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- 1Hook: How to write off a new phone on taxes
- 2Step 1: Clarifying eligibility based on employment type
- 3Step 2: Defining business necessity for the expense
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Apple’s new iPhone 18 Pro is officially in stores, and the foldable iPhone Duo arrives October 23. So if you’re self-employed, here’s the question: how do you actually write off a new iPhone on your taxes? 👀 A business phone can potentially qualify as a tax write-off, but buying it for work doesn’t automatically make the entire purchase deductible. Here’s the basic test: ✅ You’re self-employed, freelance, an independent contractor, or a business owner ✅ The phone is ordinary and necessary for the work you do ✅ You actually use it for your business ✅ You separate business use from personal use ✅ You keep records showing what you paid and why it supported your work The IRS says a deductible business expense must be both ordinary and necessary, and “necessary” means helpful and appropriate for the business, not that you literally couldn’t work without it. If an expense is partly business and partly personal, the personal portion generally isn’t deductible. So if you buy a $1,999 iPhone Duo and use it 70% for business: $1,999 × 70% = $1,399 business-use portion That’s a potential deduction, not $1,399 back from the IRS. And if you only bought the phone for your regular W-2 job, unreimbursed employee business expenses generally aren’t federally deductible, outside limited exceptions. Keeper can help you do this across all your business expenses. Just link your accounts, scan for potential write-offs, confirm what was for work, and Keeper adds it to your return automatically! 📌 Save this before your next phone upgrade. 🔗 Hit the link in bio to try Keeper free. Educational only. Not personalized tax advice. #iPhone18Pro #iPhoneDuo #TaxWriteOff #SelfEmployedTaxes #KeeperTax
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