Pet as Clergy Housing Expense?
If you can include the cost of a security system as a housing expense for the housing exclusion, can you count a dog as your security system? Anyone know?
Member and ordained CRC, but serving as Pastor of Church of the Cross RCA, Modesto CA
If you can include the cost of a security system as a housing expense for the housing exclusion, can you count a dog as your security system? Anyone know?
Thanks Kieth, the security company calls you and you have to check it out and call the police yourself. The security company will send someone at a charge. The police are too over worked to...
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Sorry, my comment got posted before I was finished and I couldn't delete it (so I have to do this way by leaving a remnant)
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