: what does ” write off ” means in business?

195 views

hello everyone

I work as a remote graphic designer , I had three shifts with the company im working with but I didn’t receive any work or get contacted by them during those three shifts.

when I asked my manager that I was on the chat but didn’t receive any briefs or work to do during those 3 shifts he told me that I should check in before every shift and that they gonna write off those past three shifts.. so I don’t know if it’s going to be counted for me or not as I need to fill the payment at the end of each month…

I attached the message he replied with in our conversatio so you can have a full aspect of what he said

View post on imgur.com

thank you !

In: 1

3 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

It depends on the context.

To ‘write-off’ something for tax purposes means to count it as an expense, which reduces your taxable income. So, for example, if you pay for an expensive dinner for a client, you can write-off 50% of that as cost of doing business and not have to pay tax on that amount.

To ‘write-off’ an asset means that you declare it no longer has value and takes the operating loss. So, for example, if a client owes you money (which is an asset in financial accounting) and you realize they can’t pay, you reduce the value of that asset to zero. You will _also_ get to write off that loss on your taxes.

You are viewing 1 out of 3 answers, click here to view all answers.