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Does Groupon Ads qualify for advertising deduction for small business? They take 50% of your income from each coupon that gets booked

They advertise you online and take 50% of your fee for each customer that books an appointment for reflexology. So, if you had 50 people book at 25.00 a session, they would take 625.00 of the 1250.00 in fees advertised with Groupon.

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Does Groupon Ads qualify for advertising deduction for small business? They take 50% of your income from each coupon that gets booked

Yes, this would qualify as an advertising expense.  Ensure that you are claiming the full amount of income (i.e. $1,250 from your example) in your gross revenue and then deduct the 50% cut for Groupon as an Advertising expense.

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Does Groupon Ads qualify for advertising deduction for small business? They take 50% of your income from each coupon that gets booked

Yes, this would qualify as an advertising expense.  Ensure that you are claiming the full amount of income (i.e. $1,250 from your example) in your gross revenue and then deduct the 50% cut for Groupon as an Advertising expense.