Yeah, I'm the Taxman
Ryan Murphy and his husband David just announced the birth of their son.
In case you don't know who Ryan Murphy is, he's the producer of a little show called "Glee." He also produces "American Horror Story" and in the past has produced other shows which have run a very long time. This man has an annual salary which would make the government of the Ukraine look on in envy.
He also produces a show called "The New Normal," about a television producer named Brian and his partner David who are, at this time, expecting their first child, a boy. The house on the show is apparently based on Ryan and David's actual house.
(I don't stalk them. I really don't. I read that in a checkout line and was filled with a Ukraineish envy that some people live like fancy people on television live.)
This leads to the boring-yet-persistent question rattling around my head which readers who are also CPAs can answer:
Can he just write off everything as a business expense? I'm not talking the lunches; everyone in LA claims all meals are business expenses. I mean could he try to argue that "These aren't RYAN cashmere socks, they are BRIAN cashmere socks" and "These olives I bought at Trader Joe's are going to be worked into a story about how Brian hates olives and the toilet paper is for the guest bathroom whose television doppleganger will figure prominently in a story arc"?
Not that I think he buys his own toilet paper.
Not that I think about rich people's bathroom habits.
I honestly don't.
But I must admit I'm now thinking about how insanely nice his towels must be.
This is why I can't have nice things like celebrity gossip. I fixate on the wrong part.
In case you don't know who Ryan Murphy is, he's the producer of a little show called "Glee." He also produces "American Horror Story" and in the past has produced other shows which have run a very long time. This man has an annual salary which would make the government of the Ukraine look on in envy.
He also produces a show called "The New Normal," about a television producer named Brian and his partner David who are, at this time, expecting their first child, a boy. The house on the show is apparently based on Ryan and David's actual house.
(I don't stalk them. I really don't. I read that in a checkout line and was filled with a Ukraineish envy that some people live like fancy people on television live.)
This leads to the boring-yet-persistent question rattling around my head which readers who are also CPAs can answer:
Can he just write off everything as a business expense? I'm not talking the lunches; everyone in LA claims all meals are business expenses. I mean could he try to argue that "These aren't RYAN cashmere socks, they are BRIAN cashmere socks" and "These olives I bought at Trader Joe's are going to be worked into a story about how Brian hates olives and the toilet paper is for the guest bathroom whose television doppleganger will figure prominently in a story arc"?
Not that I think he buys his own toilet paper.
Not that I think about rich people's bathroom habits.
I honestly don't.
But I must admit I'm now thinking about how insanely nice his towels must be.
This is why I can't have nice things like celebrity gossip. I fixate on the wrong part.
posted by Unknown at 12:47 PM
2 Comments:
I actually saw a TV news magazine story about Ryan and David, but they were not expecting at that time ...
Hey, I have a home office. You have a home office. Do you claim the home-office deduction? Trying to figuring the ratio of utility use, blah blah blah to a fraction of the whole? No, better (in my case) to just throw in a few more Jos. A Bank ties and suspenders worn in my performance art ... at least, that's what I call it on the tax returns.
I am glad that you did not resort to the ‘business end’ of the toilet paper when the humor had an item such as toilet paper. You were above that. I put this to your skill and it had me aspire to not ‘go there’ in a comment.
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