The plant turmeric (Curcuma longa) is very well known in India. The root is harvested, cleaned, dried, and powdered to be used as a spice (turmeric gives curry its beautiful golden yellow color) and as a medicine. Traditionally, turmeric was used for nearly every health condition known-from smallpox to a sprained ankle.he plant turmeric (Curcuma longa) is very well known in India. The root is harvested, cleaned, dried, and powdered to be used as a spice (turmeric gives curry its beautiful golden yellow color) and as a medicine. Traditionally, turmeric was used for nearly every health condition known-from smallpox to a sprained ankle.
You daily round-trip commute is now a business deduction, due to a simple tax loophole that says: Any miles driven between two business locations are deductible business miles. The fact that one of those two locations just happens to be your Home Office is fine and dandy with the IRS.
Change in 2018: Private sector employers are no longer able to deduct the tax-free qualified transportation fringe benefit payments to employees as a business expense. Only if an employer treats the qualified transportation fringe benefits as taxable W-2 wages to the employee, the employer can deduct the expenses of providing those benefits. Change in 2018: Qualified Bicycle Commuting Benefit is no longer eligible as a tax free benefit.