The plant turmeric (Curcuma longa) is very well known in India. The root is harvested, cleaned, dried, and powdered to be used as a spice (turmeric gives curry its beautiful golden yellow color) and as a medicine. Traditionally, turmeric was used for nearly every health condition known-from smallpox to a sprained ankle.he plant turmeric (Curcuma longa) is very well known in India. The root is harvested, cleaned, dried, and powdered to be used as a spice (turmeric gives curry its beautiful golden yellow color) and as a medicine. Traditionally, turmeric was used for nearly every health condition known-from smallpox to a sprained ankle.
You daily round-trip commute is now a business deduction, due to a simple tax loophole that says: Any miles driven between two business locations are deductible business miles. The fact that one of those two locations just happens to be your Home Office is fine and dandy with the IRS.
Travel By Car. 1  If you use your car to take yourself, members of your household, or your personal effects to your new home, you can deduct either your actual expenses, such as gas and oil for your car, or the standard mileage rate, which for 2004, was 14 cents per mile. You can deduct any costs of connecting or disconnecting utilities. 2  You can deduct the cost of shipping your car and your household pets to your new home. 3  You can deduct the cost of moving your household goods and personal effects from a place other than your former home.