Is Membership Fees Tax Deductible?

[wdmmom]

I have a membership to Sam's Club and it's where I go to purchase all my cleaning, paper and general househould products I use for the daycare.

Can I claim any or all of the $70 membership fee as a deduction?

[Blackcat31]

Kind of random, but you pay $70 for a membership there?

I belong to Sam's Club too but my membership fee is $100!

We are Business Plus members.

My DD (college age) has her own individual membership and she pays $40 annually.

I sure hope it is tax deductible though as the ONLY reason we even bought a membership there was for the daycare.

[TomCopeland]

Membership fees

I have a membership to Sam's Club and it's where I go to purchase all my cleaning, paper and general househould products I use for the daycare.

Can I claim any or all of the $70 membership fee as a deduction?

Unfortunately, membership fees are not deductible as a business expense unless they are for a professional organization (NAFCC, local family child care association, etc.). So, membership fees to Sam's Club are not deductible.

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[jen2651]

Kind of random, but you pay $70 for a membership there?

I belong to Sam's Club too but my membership fee is $100!

We are Business Plus members.

My DD (college age) has her own individual membership and she pays $40 annually.

I sure hope it is tax deductible though as the ONLY reason we even bought a membership there was for the daycare.

Ok, so they aren't deductible, but mine was only $30....are you guys super members?

[wdmmom]

@Blackcat: When I was up for renewal, they were offering the membership for $40 but if you got the upgrade, normally $60, they offered it for $30 so it was $70 for the year.

[Blackcat31]

@Blackcat: When I was up for renewal, they were offering the membership for $40 but if you got the upgrade, normally $60, they offered it for $30 so it was $70 for the year.

Waaaay cool!

I like the upgraded membership because we buy ALL our electronics through Sam's and with the upgraded membership, you get an additional 3 years of warranty for those products.

I know there are other perks to the upgraded membership too but other than the "Gold Key" hours, I have never taken advantage of any others.