by Zach Allred

Recently I discovered a way to deduct my family’s vacation from my small business taxes. I started a home based travel business. This provides me with many tax deductions. As a tax accountant this immediately got my attention.

1. Videos And Pictures While on vacation my family will make videos and take pictures of the places we visit. Since I have a home based travel business through Travelencia I will be able to hire my wife and children to perform services while we are on vacation.

2. Itinerary. I will ask my daughter Natalie (12) to find a fun family vacation spot that we can go to in the following year. She will be in charge of the trip itinerary. She is instructed to pick places that are not only fun and exciting but that will also offer valuable content for our videos and pictures.

3. Trip Booking. Next, my wife will book the trip through Travelencia where she will make the necessary arrangements. Travelencia offers 0% layaway trip financing so we do not have to charge our credit card.

4. Hire A Grip. Since we will be making videos and taking pictures we need people to handle all the equipment. Each time the video and camera equipment will need to be set up and taken down. This includes making sure the equipment is operational with batteries charged. My sons, Joseph (14) and Joshua (10), will be hired.

5. Marketing. After the trip is over we will all help with the videos and pictures. We upload them to YouTube.com for free. This is usually quite easy. Sometimes we will add a soundtrack to our pictures or videos. We will add our contact information so others can start making money from home like we are.

6. Internet Marketing. The Infinite Potential Forum is free to join with no monthly fees. Here I post a link in the “Support My Marketing Efforts” section. Traffic is created which leads to new sign ups in our home based travel business.

Everyone should have a small business for no other reason than to have more deductions. Hiring your family and structuring taking planning but is not difficult.

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