One taxpayer decided to write off the entire cost of his $50,000, multi-year globetrotting extravaganza, which included trips to Italy, France and Greece. And it worked, all because he wrote a book about his travels.
His tax preparer Jerry Lewin, managing director of accounting firm CBIZ MHM, said that because the book was actually published -- even if it was by an obscure, low-budget publishing house -- and because he made a small profit from it -- only 20 books were sold -- it counted as a business expense.
