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April 9, 2021
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Freelancer received reimbursement for project purchases. Where do I input this information in TurboTax Deluxe?

  • April 9, 2021
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I did freelance work on the side and purchased several pieces of equipment to finish the project for a client.  The client reimbursed me the exact amounts for those several pieces of equipment (I have reimbursement invoices and bank statements showing their deposits plus credit card statements/receipts for the purchases).  Obviously I do not want to consider this taxable income since it was an exact dollar-for-dollar reimbursement for the equipment needed to finish the clients project.

 

Where do I input this information in TurboTax Deluxe???

 

Please help!

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    Employee
    April 9, 2021

    The "reimbursement" goes into gross receipts.  The expenses are supplies - the stuff needed to finish the clients project.

    April 9, 2021

    Thank you very much for the response!

    Question though.  I thought supplies had to be $200 or less items?  The per-item, individual equipment cost was definitely higher than that.

     

    Would these go into a different category possibly?

    Employee
    April 9, 2021

    If supplies has a low limit the Section 179 deduction and the Bonus Depreciation deduction are much larger.  The De minimis rule is $2500.