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Posted: 3/23/2006 3:30:46 PM EDT
I just picked up a Magellan mobile gps unit for my patrol car...Is this tax deductible??? BTW it kicks ass!!!. Very handy.
Link Posted: 3/23/2006 3:41:55 PM EDT
[#1]
I would think so if you use it for work
Link Posted: 3/23/2006 4:04:30 PM EDT
[#2]
If you use it for your patrol car then yes, you probably will have to document it's use or something to that effect.  Obviously ask someone who is a tax specialist since I am not.  But normally when you purchase anything that will be used for work it is deductible.
Link Posted: 3/23/2006 5:55:26 PM EDT
[#3]
I would say if you bought it yourself and use it for work-related you probably could
Link Posted: 3/23/2006 6:11:43 PM EDT
[#4]
Most definitely!  Money out of your pocket for items to be used on the job are completely tax deductable.
Link Posted: 3/23/2006 9:47:13 PM EDT
[#5]
I wrote mine off a few years ago, I am not LE but I use it in my work to log log/lat. for scene information.
Link Posted: 3/24/2006 11:23:58 AM EDT
[#6]

Quoted:
I just picked up a Magellan mobile gps unit for my patrol car...Is this tax deductible??? BTW it kicks ass!!!. Very handy.



I plan on it.   I bought a personal one because all of our street signs, and landmarks, are gone from Katrina, and I am tired of being lost all of the time and not being able to find addresses.  
Link Posted: 3/24/2006 11:28:02 AM EDT
[#7]
Take it to work once in a while....
Link Posted: 3/24/2006 11:48:19 AM EDT
[#8]
If you think Magellan kicks ass, you should have tried Garmin.  
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