Counting Netflix and Wireless Internet as an Expense?

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  • Preschool/daycare teacher
    Daycare.com Member
    • Jan 2010
    • 635

    Counting Netflix and Wireless Internet as an Expense?

    This may have been addressed already somewhere on here but I couldn't find what I'm looking for. Can I count Netflix, Hulu, and those types of entertainment costs as a daycare expense? We do not have any actual TV stations or cable or anything so the only TV we get is through shows on Netflix and that type of thing. I allow my non nappers to watch a movie on Net Flix, Pure Flix or Hulu as part of their "quiet time" sometimes, and occasionally at other times.

    Also, I use the internet a lot for business related stuff, educational games for the kids to play, and little videos for music and movement to get them dancing and moving and exercising. So can I count our monthly internet costs as a business expense? I probably use the internet more for daycare related things than personal, but I've never kept track of how much, so if I can count it, will the T/S% work on this?
  • TomCopeland
    Business Author/Trainer
    • Jun 2010
    • 3062

    #2
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    Originally posted by Preschool/daycare teacher
    This may have been addressed already somewhere on here but I couldn't find what I'm looking for. Can I count Netflix, Hulu, and those types of entertainment costs as a daycare expense? We do not have any actual TV stations or cable or anything so the only TV we get is through shows on Netflix and that type of thing. I allow my non nappers to watch a movie on Net Flix, Pure Flix or Hulu as part of their "quiet time" sometimes, and occasionally at other times.

    Also, I use the internet a lot for business related stuff, educational games for the kids to play, and little videos for music and movement to get them dancing and moving and exercising. So can I count our monthly internet costs as a business expense? I probably use the internet more for daycare related things than personal, but I've never kept track of how much, so if I can count it, will the T/S% work on this?
    Yes, deduct your time-space % of netflix and monthly internet costs.
    http://www.tomcopelandblog.com

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    • Thriftylady
      Daycare.com Member
      • Aug 2014
      • 5884

      #3
      Originally posted by TomCopeland
      Yes, deduct your time-space % of netflix and monthly internet costs.
      I didn't even think about the netflix!

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      • Preschool/daycare teacher
        Daycare.com Member
        • Jan 2010
        • 635

        #4
        Originally posted by Thriftylady
        I didn't even think about the netflix!
        ::I was excited when I thought of it too, and was hoping I could count it. Netflix, Hulu, and Pure Flix costs $23/month for all three, so that can add up quick!

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        • Preschool/daycare teacher
          Daycare.com Member
          • Jan 2010
          • 635

          #5
          Originally posted by TomCopeland
          Yes, deduct your time-space % of netflix and monthly internet costs.
          Great! Thank you! happyface

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          • kitykids3
            Daycare.com Member
            • Jan 2012
            • 581

            #6
            I don't have cable either so I only have Netflix or a couple DVD's if I give the kids TV time and since at least half my time on the internet is for business, I deduct both.
            lovethis daymommy to 7 kiddos - 5 girls and 2 boys

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