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Nice try, but not a winner. Utilities are a personal expense.

Helen, EA in PA
Member of The Tax Gang
President, PA Society of Enrolled Agents
Campaigning for NAEA Board of Directors - Looking for YOUR vote

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We've had our home on the market for two or three months
during a pretty hot summer. In order to make the house more
appealing both directly and indirectly, we've kept the air
conditioning on a much cooler setting than usual and have
had all lights on all day, as prospective buyers were
showing up all the time.

My electric bill for the period was 50% higher than the same
period a year ago. Would this additional expense be
deductible in any way as a home-sale or moving expense?

--
Jim Beaver
Nawyecka Productions
jumblejim[at]prodigy.spam
(replace "spam" with "net")

"Why, of course, the people don't want war. Voice or no
voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of
the leaders . . . All you have to do is tell them they are
being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of
patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the
same in any country."
--Hermann Goering

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