TAX BENEFITS FOR LEGACY MEMBERS

TAX BENEFITS!

As an individual competing for prize money and other prizes, it is important for you to be aware of the value and benefits of good tax planning and advantageous tax return reporting of your golf business. January is the best time to start thinking about "protecting your tax dollars" by tax planning for your next tax year.


With many players participating in Legacy Golf Tour tournaments, practice rounds, practice sessions and other related activities, understanding the tax implications and having a personal tax consultant who understands the financial and competitive aspects of golf to represent your interests in the planning and tax return filing strategies is vital in assuring that you do not pay more tax than you should.


Tax laws provide guidelines for self-employed golfers to write off many of their golf business expenses, such as membership fees, tournament entry fees, auto expense, balls, gloves and supplies, practice rounds, golf lessons, golf club depreciation and other related expenses. Legacy Golf Tour players who devote a continuous and significant amount of time to the tour may be eligible to deduct these costs for tax purposes and offset prize money income.


Tax laws have factors to be considered in determining whether an activity represents a business that produces income and potential profit versus a personal hobby. Meeting these factors depends upon the primary purpose of the golfer when entering the business, planning skills, and the manner in which he or she organizes a system to track and document daily activity, prize money income, expenses, business use of the auto and the like.


At the end of the year, the Legacy Golf Tour player records summarize all income and expenses (that is supported by receipts, memoranda and other documents), which will be reflected within their Form 1040 tax return on Schedule C (Profit or Loss From Business).

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For additional information, contact your personal tax consultant. Your tax benefits resulting from your Legacy Golf Tour participation can be significant!


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