4. Itemized deductions vs. business deductions. By taking a business deduction instead of an itemized deduction, you reduce your adjusted gross income and your self-employment tax. Whenever possible, deduct an expense or a portion of an expense as a business expense.. Itemized deductions vs. business deductions. By taking a business deduction instead of an itemized deduction, you reduce your adjusted gross income and your self-employment tax. Whenever possible, deduct an expense or a portion of an expense as a business expense.
How Following and Followers Work. Following connects you to other people on Twitter, but it doesn't necessarily connect them back to you. When you follow someone, her account appears in your following list. You see her Tweets, Retweets and updates in your feed, and she can send you direct messages.
Updated. If accurate, the number of fake followers out there is surprising. According to the StatusPeople tool, 71 percent of Lady Gaga's nearly 29 million followers are fake or inactive.. So are 70 percent of President Obama's nearly 19 million followers. President Obama's Twitter account has 18.8 million followers -- but more than half of them really don't exist, according to reports. A new Web tool has determined that 70% of Obama's crowd includes fake followers, The New York Times reports in a story about how Twitter followers can be purchased.