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.
1 Standard mileage allowance: If you own or lease a car and are not reimbursed for the business use of your vehicle, you may be able to calculate your deduction using the standard mileage rate (51 cents per business mile for the first half of 2011 and 55.5 cents per business mile for the second half of 2011).For individual taxpayers, commuting to work normally doesn't qualify as business use.). At tax time, you take your deduction as a miscellaneous itemized deduction. Miscellaneous itemized deductions are deductible only to the extent that they total more than 2 percent of your adjusted gross income (AGI).