As a teacher, I am wondering if a gun purchase counts as a tax write off

[ProudLib72]

There is a $200 blanket write off I can take that is supposed to cover sundry supplies, but my new assault riffle is going to cost more than that I think. And I will need extra money for ammunition. I will need extra money to practice weekly at the local shooting range. I will need extra money for targets, obviously.

Yes, this is but can you imagine what that would look like on a tax form? To think it has gone so far that this is even a consideration is beyond stupid.

[irisblue]

1. Only if you are a corporation

[Still In Wisconsin]

2. Just move to Wisconsin- I'm sure Walker will be instituting all manner of gun purchase subsidies.

Governor Scott Walker has long advocated for more guns in public places like schools and hospitals to help ward off the bad guys. On the downside, you will no longer have any teachers union, but you will get some help from the state with your purchase of that first shiny new semi-automatic assault rifle!

[torius]

3. GOP wants NRA members to be teachers

so they're glad to brandish guns and brainwash kids. Who else is going to want to teach after this? It's their long game.

[Igel]

4. There are restrictions on what teachers can write off.

They must be for academic use in your classroom.

So unless you're a firearms trainer with no equipment budget ...

[ProudLib72]

6. Yes, you are allowed to deduct items like paper, pencils, markers

But the real question here is whether or not an assault riffle can be considered a necessary pedagogical tool. There's the rub: if we are to believe the RWs argument, then it must be considered a teaching tool. That is the level of pure insanity they are willing to take the argument to. Either that or they really haven't thought this through to its logical conclusion (which happens more often than not with these people).

[syringis]

8. The NRA alphabet will solve your problem...

Arms are pedagogical and communication tools...

I'm still trying to pick up my jaw from the floor...arm the teachers....

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210271230

[RainCaster]

5. Only if it is attached to a business jet

[aikoaiko]

7. Sure, it would count as a school supply if you carried in school.

I don't know if that seduction is still in the Teump tax code though