> I have to laugh when I think that we get a $200.000/year write-off for what
> we spend of our personal income on our classrooms, and I spent at least a
> thousand dollars and more a year. They have no idea what is real and what
> is fantasy!
>
> Idus in Picayune
Idus,
I have always kept track of what I spend out of my own pocket each year and
I claim it as unreimbursed work expenses. That way I get the whole amount
taken off at tax time. I'm not aware of the $200 write off that you are
talking about.