Yes, you may be able to deduct them. Items purchased for your business, before you
opened your doors for "business" are start up expenses.
Start-Up Expenses are
reported in aggregate - one amount equal to the total of all expenses incurred. For active business
activities, these costs are entered either under Assets/Depreciation or under Business Expenses depending...
Per IRS Pub 535 Business Start-Up and Organizational Costs:
"Business start-up and organizational costs are generally capital
expenditures. However, you can elect to deduct up to $5,000 of business
start-up and $5,000 of organizational costs paid or incurred after October 22,
2004. The $5,000 deduction is reduced by the amount your total start-up or
organizational costs exceed $50,000. Any remaining costs must be amortized."
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As long as your start-up expenses are less than $5000, you can add
them as Business Expenses.
Continue past the expense categories (or choose Other Miscellaneous Expenses)
to the page titled "Enter Business Expenses Not Yet Reported"
and enter the description & amount.
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If you have more
than $5000 in start-up costs,
the remainder is entered under Assets/Depreciation as a capital asset for amortization
(TurboTax provides this category for you).
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