Use Schedule C (Form 1040) to report income or loss from a business you operated or a profession you practiced as a sole proprietor. An activity qualifies as a business if your primary purpose for engaging in the activity is for income or profit and you are involved in the activity with continuity and regularity. For example, a sporadic activity or a hobby does not qualify as a business. To report income from a nonbusiness activity, see the instructions for Form 1040, line 21, or Form 1040NR, line 21.
Also, use Schedule C to report (a) wages and expenses you had as a statutory employee, and (b) certain income shown on Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income. See the Instructions for Recipients (back of Copy B of Form 1099-MISC) for the types of income to report on Schedule C.
Small businesses and statutory employees with expenses of $5,000 or less may be able to file Schedule C-EZ instead of Schedule C. See Schedule C-EZ for details.
You may be subject to state and local taxes and other requirements such as business licenses and fees. Check with your state and local governments for more information.
Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise Noted.
Revised activity codes. Some of the principal business or professional activity codes beginning on page C-8 have been revised and some codes have been deleted. Be sure to check the list before you enter your code on line B.
Indian employment credit has been extended. The Indian employment credit has been extended for qualified wages paid to an employee through December 31, 2007.
Work opportunity credit and welfare-to-work credit extended and combined. For 2007, both credits have been combined, modified, and extended for qualified wages paid to an employee.
Husband-wife business. Beginning in 2007, you and your spouse, if you are filing married filing jointly, may be able to make a joint election to be taxed as a qualified joint venture instead of a partnership. See Exception--Qualified joint venture under Husband-wife business on this page.
Section 179 deduction increased. For property placed in service in 2007, the limit for the section 179 deduction to expense certain depreciable business property has been increased to $125,000. This limit will be reduced when the total cost of section 179 property placed in service during the tax year exceeds $500,000.
Hurricane Katrina housing credit has expired. This credit was available for lodging furnished to qualified employees between January 1, 2006, and July 1, 2006, and was claimed on Section B of Form 5884-A.
Husband-wife business. If you and your spouse jointly own and operate a business and share in the profits and losses, you are partners in a partnership, whether or not you have a formal partnership agreement. Do not use Schedule C or C-EZ. Instead, file Form 1065. See Pub. 541 for more details.
Exception--Qualified joint venture. If you and your spouse materially participate (see Material participation beginning on page C-2) as the only members of a jointly owned and operated business, and you file a joint return for the tax year, you can make a joint election to be taxed as a qualified joint venture instead of a partnership. To make this election, you must divide all items of income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit between you and your spouse in accordance with your respective interests in the venture. Each of you must file a separate Schedule C or C-EZ. On each line of your separate Schedule C or C-EZ, you must enter your share of the applicable income, deduction, or loss.
As long as you remain qualified, your election cannot be revoked without IRS consent.
Exception--Community income. If you and your spouse wholly own an unincorporated business as community property under the community property laws of a state, foreign country, or U.S. possession, you can treat the business either as a sole proprietorship (of the spouse who carried on the business) or a partnership. The only states with community property laws are Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. A change in your reporting position will be treated as a conversion of the entity.
Single-member limited liability company (LLC). Generally, a single-member domestic LLC is not treated as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes. If you are the sole member of a domestic LLC, file Schedule C or C-EZ (or Schedule E or F, if applicable). However, you can elect to treat a domestic LLC as a corporation. See Form 8832 for details on the election and the tax treatment of a foreign LLC.
Heavy highway vehicle use tax. If you use certain highway trucks, truck-trailers, tractor-trailers, or buses in your trade or business, you may have to pay a federal highway motor vehicle use tax. See the Instructions for Form 2290 to find out if you owe this tax.
Information returns. You may have to file information returns for wages paid to employees, certain payments of fees and other nonemployee compensation, interest, rents, royalties, real estate transactions, annuities, and pensions. You may also have to file an information return if you sold $5,000 or more of consumer products to a person on a buy-sell, deposit-commission, or other similar basis for resale. For details, see the 2007 General Instructions for Forms 1099, 1098, 5498, and W-2G.
If you received cash of more than $10,000 in one or more related transactions in your trade or business, you may have to file Form 8300. For details, see Pub. 1544.
Use Form 8886 to disclose information for each reportable transaction in which you participated. Form 8886 must be filed for each tax year that your federal income tax liability is affected by your participation in the transaction. You may have to pay a penalty if you are required to file Form 8886 but do not do so. You may also have to pay interest and penalties on any reportable transaction understatements. The following are reportable transactions.
See the Instructions for Form 8886 for more details.
Do not claim on Schedule C or C-EZ the deduction for amounts contributed to a capital construction fund set up under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936. Instead, reduce the amount you would otherwise enter on Form 1040, line 43, by the amount of the deduction. Next to line 43, enter "CCF" and the amount of the deduction. For details, see Pub. 595.
See Pub. 334 for more information for small businesses.
Filers of Form 1041. Do not complete the block labeled "Social security number (SSN)." Instead, enter your employer identification number (EIN) on line D.
Describe the business or professional activity that provided your principal source of income reported on line 1. If you owned more than one business, you must complete a separate Schedule C for each business. Give the general field or activity and the type of product or service. If your general field or activity is wholesale or retail trade, or services connected with production services (mining, construction, or manufacturing), also give the type of customer or client. For example, "wholesale sale of hardware to retailers" or "appraisal of real estate for lending institutions."
You need an employer identification number (EIN) only if you had a qualified retirement plan or were required to file an employment, excise, estate, trust, or alcohol, tobacco, and firearms tax return. If you need an EIN, see the Instructions for Form SS-4. If you do not have an EIN, leave line D blank. Do not enter your SSN.
Enter your business address. Show a street address instead of a box number. Include the suite or room number, if any. If you conducted the business from your home located at the address shown on Form 1040, page 1, you do not have to complete this line.
Generally, you can use the cash method, accrual method, or any other method permitted by the Internal Revenue Code. In all cases, the method used must clearly reflect income. Unless you are a qualifying taxpayer or a qualifying small business taxpayer (see the Part III instructions on page C-7), you must use the accrual method for sales and purchases of inventory items. Special rules apply to long-term contracts. See section 460 for details.
If you use the cash method, show all items of taxable income actually or constructively received during the year (in cash, property, or services). Income is constructively received when it is credited to your account or set aside for you to use. Also, show amounts actually paid during the year for deductible expenses. However, if the payment of an expenditure creates an asset having a useful life that extends substantially beyond the close of the year, it may not be deductible or may be deductible only in part for the year of the payment. See Pub. 535.
If you use the accrual method, report income when you earn it and deduct expenses when you incur them even if you do not pay them during the tax year. Accrual-basis taxpayers are put on a cash basis for deducting business expenses owed to a related cash-basis taxpayer. Other rules determine the timing of deductions based on economic performance. See Pub. 538.
To change your accounting method, you generally must file Form 3115. You may also have to make an adjustment to prevent amounts of income or expense from being duplicated or omitted. This is called a section 481(a) adjustment.
Example. You change to the cash method of accounting and choose to account for inventoriable items in the same manner as materials and supplies that are not incidental. You accrued sales in 2006 for which you received payment in 2007. You must report those sales in both years as a result of changing your accounting method and must make a section 481(a) adjustment to prevent duplication of income.
A net negative section 481(a) adjustment is taken into account entirely in the year of the change. A net positive section 481(a) adjustment is generally taken into account over a period of 4 years. Include any net positive section 481(a) adjustments on line 6. If the net section 481(a) adjustment is negative, report it in Part V.
For details on figuring section 481(a) adjustments, see the Instructions for Form 3115, and Rev. Proc. 2006-12, 2006-3 I.R.B. 310, available at www.irs.gov/irb/2006-03_IRB/ar14.html.
If your business activity was not a rental activity and you met any of the material participation tests below or the exception for oil and gas applies (explained on page C-3), check the "Yes" box. Otherwise, check the "No" box. If you check the "No" box, this business is a passive activity. If you have a loss from this business, see Limit on losses on page C-3. If you have a profit from this business activity but have current year losses from other passive activities or you have prior year unallowed passive activity losses, see the Instructions for Form 8582.
Material participation. Participation, for purposes of the seven material participation tests listed on page C-3, generally includes any work you did in connection with an activity if you owned an interest in the activity at the time you did the work. The capacity in which you did the work does not matter. However, work is not treated as participation if it is work that an owner would not customarily do in the same type of activity and one of your main reasons for doing the work was to avoid the disallowance of losses or credits from the activity under the passive activity rules.
Work you did as an investor in an activity is not treated as participation unless you were directly involved in the day-to-day management or operations of the activity. Work done as an investor includes:
Participation by your spouse during the tax year in an activity you own can be counted as your participation in the activity. This applies even if your spouse did not own an interest in the activity and whether or not you and your spouse file a joint return. However, this does not apply if you and your spouse elect to have your business taxed as a qualified joint venture (see Husband-wife business on page C-1).
For purposes of the passive activity rules, you materially participated in the operation of this trade or business activity during 2007 if you met any of the following seven tests.
Rental of personal property. A rental activity (such as long-term equipment leasing) is a passive activity even if you materially participated in the activity. However, if you met any of the five exceptions listed under Rental Activities in the Instructions for Form 8582, the rental of the property is not treated as a rental activity and the material participation rules above apply.
Exception for oil and gas. If you are filing Schedule C to report income and deductions from an oil or gas well in which you own a working interest directly or through an entity that does not limit your liability, check the "Yes" box. The activity of owning a working interest is not a passive activity, regardless of your participation.
Limit on losses. If you checked the "No" box and you have a loss from this business, you may have to use Form 8582 to figure your allowable loss, if any, to enter on Schedule C, line 31. Generally, you can deduct losses from passive activities only to the extent of income from passive activities. For details, see Pub. 925.
If you started or acquired this business in 2007, check the box on line H. Also check the box if you are reopening or restarting this business after temporarily closing it, and you did not file a 2006 Schedule C or C-EZ for this business.
Except as otherwise provided in the Internal Revenue Code, gross income includes income from whatever source derived. In certain circumstances, however, gross income does not include extraterritorial income that is qualifying foreign trade income. Use Form 8873 to figure the extraterritorial income exclusion. Report it on Schedule C as explained in the Instructions for Form 8873.
If you were a debtor in a chapter 11 bankruptcy case during 2007, see page 18 of the instructions for Form 1040 and page SE-2 of the instructions for Schedule SE (Form 1040).
Enter gross receipts from your trade or business. Include amounts you received in your trade or business that were properly shown on Forms 1099-MISC. If the total amounts that were reported in box 7 of Forms 1099-MISC are more than the total you are reporting on line 1, attach a statement explaining the difference.
Statutory employees. If you received a Form W-2 and the "Statutory employee" box in box 13 of that form was checked, report your income and expenses related to that income on Schedule C or C-EZ. Enter your statutory employee income from box 1 of Form W-2 on line 1 of Schedule C or C-EZ and check the box on that line. Social security and Medicare tax should have been withheld from your earnings; therefore, you do not owe self-employment tax on these earnings. Statutory employees include full-time life insurance agents, certain agent or commission drivers and traveling salespersons, and certain homeworkers.
If you had both self-employment income and statutory employee income, you must file two Schedules C. You cannot use Schedule C-EZ or combine these amounts on a single Schedule C.
Installment sales. Generally, the installment method cannot be used to report income from the sale of (a) personal property regularly sold under the installment method, or (b) real property held for resale to customers. But the installment method can be used to report income from sales of certain residential lots and timeshares if you elect to pay interest on the tax due on that income after the year of sale. See section 453(l)(2)(B) for details. If you make this election, include the interest in the total on Form 1040, line 63. Also, enter "453(l)(3)" and the amount of the interest on the dotted line to the left of line 63.
If you use the installment method, attach a schedule to your return. Show separately for 2007 and the 3 preceding years: gross sales, cost of goods sold, gross profit, percentage of gross profit to gross sales, amounts collected, and gross profit on amounts collected.
Report on line 6 amounts from finance reserve income, scrap sales, bad debts you recovered, interest (such as on Notes and accounts receivable), state gasoline or fuel tax refunds you got in 2007, credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel fuels claimed on Form 8864, credit for alcohol used as fuel claimed on Form 6478, credit for federal tax paid on gasoline or other fuels claimed on your 2006 Form 1040, prizes and awards related to your trade or business, and other kinds of miscellaneous business income. Include amounts you received in your trade or business as shown on Form 1099-PATR. Also, include any recapture of the deduction for clean-fuel vehicles and clean-fuel vehicle refueling property used in your business. See Regulations section 1.179A-1 for details..
If, in 2007, you received or accrued a credit or refund of the federal telephone excise tax, include in income:
If the business use percentage of any listed property (defined in the instructions for line 13 on this page) decreased to 50% or less in 2007, report on this line any recapture of excess depreciation, including any section 179 expense deduction. Use Form 4797 to figure the recapture. Also, if the business use percentage drops to 50% or less on leased listed property (other than a vehicle), include on this line any inclusion amount. See Pub. 946 to figure the amount.
Capitalizing costs of property. If you produced real or tangible personal property or acquired property for resale, certain expenses attributable to the property generally must be included in inventory costs or capitalized. In addition to direct costs, producers of inventory property generally must also include part of certain indirect costs in their inventory. Purchasers of personal property acquired for resale must include part of certain indirect costs in inventory only if the average annual gross receipts for the 3 prior tax years exceed $10 million. Also, you must capitalize part of the indirect costs that benefit real or tangible personal property constructed for use in a trade or business, or noninventory property produced for sale to customers. Reduce the amounts on lines 8 through 26 and Part V by amounts capitalized. See Pub. 538 for a discussion of uniform capitalization rules.
Exception for certain producers. Producers who account for inventoriable items in the same manner as materials and supplies that are not incidental can currently deduct expenditures for direct labor and all indirect costs that would otherwise be included in inventory costs. See Part III. Cost of Goods Sold on page C-7 for more details.
Exception for creative property. If you are an artist, author, or photographer, you may be exempt from the capitalization rules. However, your personal efforts must have created (or reasonably be expected to create) the property. This exception does not apply to any expense related to printing, photographic plates, motion picture films, video tapes, or similar items. These expenses are subject to the capitalization rules. For details, see Pub. 538.
You can deduct the actual expenses of running your car or truck or take the standard mileage rate. You must use actual expenses if you used your vehicle for hire (such as a taxicab) or you used five or more vehicles simultaneously in your business (such as in fleet operations). You cannot use actual expenses for a leased vehicle if you previously used the standard mileage rate for that vehicle.
You can take the standard mileage rate for 2007 only if you:
If you take the standard mileage rate:
Do not deduct depreciation, rent or lease payments, or your actual operating expenses.
If you deduct actual expenses:
For details, see Pub. 463.
Information on your vehicle. If you claim any car and truck expenses, you must provide certain information on the use of your vehicle by completing one of the following.
Enter the total cost of contract labor for the tax year. Contract labor includes payments to persons you do not treat as employees (for example, independent contractors) for services performed for your trade or business. Do not include contract labor deducted elsewhere on your return, such as contract labor that is includible on line 17, 21, 26, or 37. Also, do not include salaries and wages paid to your employees, instead see line 26.
You must file Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, to report contract labor payments of $600 or more during the year. See the Instructions for Form 1099-MISC for details.
Enter your deduction for depletion on this line. If you have timber depletion, attach Form T. See Pub. 535 for details.
Depreciation and section 179 expense deduction. Depreciation is the annual deduction allowed to recover the cost or other basis of business or investment property having a useful life substantially beyond the tax year. You can also depreciate improvements made to leased business property. However, stock in trade, inventories, and land are not depreciable. Depreciation starts when you first use the property in your business or for the production of income. It ends when you take the property out of service, deduct all your depreciable cost or other basis, or no longer use the property in your business or for the production of income. You can also elect under section 179 to expense part or all of the cost of certain property you bought in 2007 for use in your business. See the Instructions for Form 4562 and Pub. 946 to figure the amount to enter on line 13.
When to attach Form 4562. You must complete and attach Form 4562 only if:
If you acquired depreciable property for the first time in 2007, see Pub. 946.
Listed property generally includes, but is not limited to:
Exceptions. Listed property does not include photographic, phonographic, communication, or video equipment used exclusively in your trade or business or at your regular business establishment. It also does not include any computer or peripheral equipment used exclusively at a regular business establishment and owned or leased by the person operating the establishment. For purposes of these exceptions, a portion of your home is treated as a regular business establishment only if that portion meets the requirements under section 280A(c)(1) for deducting expenses for the business use of your home.
See the instructions for line 6 beginning on page C-3 if the business use percentage of any listed property decreased to 50% or less in 2007.
Deduct contributions to employee benefit programs that are not an incidental part of a pension or profit-sharing plan included on line 19. Examples are accident and health plans, group-term life insurance, and dependent care assistance programs. If you made contributions on your behalf as a self-employed person to a dependent care assistance program, complete Form 2441, Parts I and III, to figure your deductible contributions to that program.
You cannot deduct contributions you made on your behalf as a self-employed person for group-term life insurance.
Do not include on line 14 any contributions you made on your behalf as a self-employed person to an accident and health plan. However, you may be able to deduct on Form 1040, line 29, or Form 1040NR, line 28, the amount you paid for health insurance on behalf of yourself, your spouse, and dependents, even if you do not itemize your deductions. See the instructions for Form 1040, line 29, or Form 1040NR, line 28, for details.
Deduct premiums paid for business insurance on line 15. Deduct on line 14 amounts paid for employee accident and health insurance. Do not deduct amounts credited to a reserve for self-insurance or premiums paid for a policy that pays for your lost earnings due to sickness or disability. For details, see Pub. 535.
Interest allocation rules. The tax treatment of interest expense differs depending on its type. For example, home mortgage interest and investment interest are treated differently. "Interest allocation" rules require you to allocate (classify) your interest expense so it is deducted (or capitalized) on the correct line of your return and receives the right tax treatment. These rules could affect how much interest you are allowed to deduct on Schedule C or C-EZ.
Generally, you allocate interest expense by tracing how the proceeds of the loan were used. See Pub. 535 for details.
If you paid interest on a debt secured by your main home and any of the proceeds from that debt were used in connection with your trade or business, see Pub. 535 to figure the amount that is deductible on Schedule C or C-EZ.
How to report. If you have a mortgage on real property used in your business (other than your main home), enter on line 16a the interest you paid for 2007 to banks or other financial institutions for which you received a Form 1098 (or similar statement). If you did not receive a Form 1098, enter the interest on line 16b.
If you paid more mortgage interest than is shown on Form 1098, see Pub. 535 to find out if you can deduct the additional interest. If you can, include the amount on line 16a. Attach a statement to your return explaining the difference and enter "See attached" in the margin next to line 16a.
If you and at least one other person (other than your spouse if you file a joint return) were liable for and paid interest on the mortgage and the other person received the Form 1098, include your share of the interest on line 16b. Attach a statement to your return showing the name and address of the person who received the Form 1098. In the margin next to line 16b, enter "See attached."
If you paid interest in 2007 that also applies to future years, deduct only the part that applies to 2007.
Include on this line fees charged by accountants and attorneys that are ordinary and necessary expenses directly related to operating your business.
Include fees for tax advice related to your business and for preparation of the tax forms related to your business. Also, include expenses incurred in resolving asserted tax deficiencies relating to your business.
For more information, see Pub. 334 or 535.
Include on this line your expenses for office supplies and postage.
Enter your deduction for contributions to a pension, profit-sharing, or annuity plan, or plan for the benefit of your employees. If the plan included you as a self-employed person, enter contributions made as an employer on your behalf on Form 1040, line 28, or Form 1040NR, line 27, not on Schedule C.
Generally, you must file the applicable form listed below if you maintain a pension, profit-sharing, or other funded-deferred compensation plan. The filing requirement is not affected by whether or not the plan qualified under the Internal Revenue Code, or whether or not you claim a deduction for the current tax year. There is a penalty for failure to timely file these forms.
Form 5500-EZ. File this form if you have a one-participant retirement plan that meets certain requirements. A one-participant plan is a plan that covers only you (or you and your spouse).
Form 5500. File this form for a plan that does not meet the requirements for filing Form 5500-EZ.
For details, see Pub. 560.
If you rented or leased vehicles, machinery, or equipment, enter on line 20a the business portion of your rental cost. But if you leased a vehicle for a term of 30 days or more, you may have to reduce your deduction by an amount called the inclusion amount. See Leasing a Car in Pub. 463 to figure your inclusion amount.
Enter on line 20b amounts paid to rent or lease other property, such as office space in a building.
Deduct the cost of incidental repairs and maintenance that do not add to the value of the property or appreciably prolong its life. Do not deduct the value of your own labor. Do not deduct amounts spent to restore or replace property; they must be capitalized.
Generally, you can deduct the cost of materials and supplies only to the extent you actually consumed and used them in your business during the tax year (unless you deducted them in a prior tax year). However, if you had incidental materials and supplies on hand for which you kept no inventories or records of use, you can deduct the cost of those you actually purchased during the tax year, provided that method clearly reflects income.
You can also deduct the cost of books, professional instruments, equipment, etc., if you normally use them within a year. However, if their usefulness extends substantially beyond the year they are placed in service, you must generally recover their costs through depreciation.
You can deduct the following taxes and licenses on this line.
Do not deduct the following.
Enter your expenses for lodging and transportation connected with overnight travel for business while away from your tax home. Generally, your tax home is your main place of business, regardless of where you maintain your family home. You cannot deduct expenses paid or incurred in connection with employment away from home if that period of employment exceeds 1 year. Also, you cannot deduct travel expenses for your spouse, your dependent, or any other individual unless that person is your employee, the travel is for a bona fide business purpose, and the expenses would otherwise be deductible by that person.
Do not include expenses for meals and entertainment on this line. Instead, see the instructions for line 24b on this page.
Instead of keeping records of your actual incidental expenses, you can use an optional method for deducting incidental expenses only if you did not pay or incur meal expenses on a day you were traveling away from your tax home. The amount of the deduction is $3 a day. Incidental expenses include fees and tips given to porters, baggage carriers, bellhops, hotel maids, stewards or stewardesses and others on ships, and hotel servants in foreign countries. They do not include expenses for laundry, cleaning and pressing of clothing, lodging taxes, or the costs of telegrams or telephone calls. You cannot use this method on any day that you use the standard meal allowance (as explained in the instructions for line 24b).
You cannot deduct expenses for attending a convention, seminar, or similar meeting held outside the North American area unless the meeting is directly related to your trade or business and it is as reasonable for the meeting to be held outside the North American area as within it. These rules apply to both employers and employees. Other rules apply to luxury water travel.
For details on travel expenses, see Pub. 463.
Enter your total deductible business meal and entertainment expenses. This includes expenses for meals while traveling away from home for business and for meals that are business-related entertainment.
Deductible expenses. Business meal expenses are deductible only if they are (a) directly related to or associated with the active conduct of your trade or business, (b) not lavish or extravagant, and (c) incurred while you or your employee is present at the meal.
You cannot deduct any expense paid or incurred for a facility (such as a yacht or hunting lodge) used for any activity usually considered entertainment, amusement, or recreation.
Also, you cannot deduct membership dues for any club organized for business, pleasure, recreation, or other social purpose. This includes country clubs, golf and athletic clubs, airline and hotel clubs, and clubs operated to provide meals under conditions favorable to business discussion. But it does not include civic or public service organizations, professional organizations (such as bar and medical associations), business leagues, trade associations, chambers of commerce, boards of trade, and real estate boards, unless a principal purpose of the organization is to entertain, or provide entertainment facilities for, members or their guests.
There are exceptions to these rules as well as other rules that apply to sky-box rentals and tickets to entertainment events. See Pub. 463.
Standard meal allowance. Instead of deducting the actual cost of your meals while traveling away from home, you can use the standard meal allowance for your daily meals and incidental expenses. Under this method, you deduct a specified amount, depending on where you travel, instead of keeping records of your actual meal expenses. However, you must still keep records to prove the time, place, and business purpose of your travel.
The standard meal allowance is the federal M&IE rate. You can find these rates on the Internet at www.gsa.gov. Click on "Per Diem Rates" for links to locations inside and outside the continental United States.
See Pub. 463 for details on how to figure your deduction using the standard meal allowance, including special rules for partial days of travel.
Amount of deduction. Generally, you can deduct only 50% of your business meal and entertainment expenses, including meals incurred while away from home on business. For individuals subject to the Department of Transportation (DOT) hours of service limits, that percentage is increased to 75% for business meals consumed during, or incident to, any period of duty for which those limits are in effect. Individuals subject to the DOT hours of service limits include the following.
However, you can fully deduct meals, incidentals, and entertainment furnished or reimbursed to an employee if you properly treat the expense as wages subject to withholding. You can also fully deduct meals, incidentals, and entertainment provided to a nonemployee to the extent the expenses are includible in the gross income of that person and reported on Form 1099-MISC. See Pub. 535 for details and other exceptions.
Daycare providers. If you qualify as a family daycare provider, you can use the standard meal and snack rates, instead of actual costs, to compute the deductible cost of meals and snacks provided to eligible children. See Pub. 587 for details, including recordkeeping requirements.
Deduct utility expenses only for your trade or business.
Local telephone service. If you used your home phone for business, do not deduct the base rate (including taxes) of the first phone line into your residence. But you can deduct expenses for any additional costs you incurred for business that are more than the cost of the base rate for the first phone line. For example, if you had a second line, you can deduct the business percentage of the charges for that line, including the base rate charges.
Enter the total salaries and wages for the tax year. Do not include salaries and wages deducted elsewhere on your return or amounts paid to yourself. Reduce your deduction by the amounts claimed on:
Caution: If you provided taxable fringe benefits to your employees, such as personal use of a car, do not deduct as wages the amount applicable to depreciation and other expenses claimed elsewhere.
Generally, you are required to file Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, for each employee. See the Instructions for Forms W-2 and W-3.
Business use of your home. You may be able to deduct certain expenses for business use of your home, subject to limitations. You must attach Form 8829 if you claim this deduction. For details, see the Instructions for Form 8829 and Pub. 587.
If you have a loss, the amount of loss you can deduct this year may be limited. Go to line 32 before entering your loss on line 31. If you answered "No" on Schedule C, line G, also see the Instructions for Form 8582. Enter the net profit or deductible loss here. Combine this amount with any profit or loss from other businesses, and enter the total on both Form 1040, line 12, and Schedule SE, line 2, or on Form 1040NR, line 13. Estates and trusts should enter the total on Form 1041, line 3.
Rental real estate activity. Unless you are a qualifying real estate professional, a rental real estate activity is a passive activity, even if you materially participated in the activity. If you have a loss, you may need to file Form 8582 to figure your deductible loss to enter on line 31. See the Instructions for Form 8582.
Statutory employees. Include your net profit or deductible loss from line 31 with other Schedule C amounts on Form 1040, line 12, or on Form 1040NR, line 13. However, do not report this amount on Schedule SE, line 2. If you are required to file Schedule SE because of other self-employment income, see the Instructions for Schedule SE.
Notary public. Do not enter your net profit from line 31 on Schedule SE, line 2, unless you are required to file Schedule SE because of other self-employment income. See page SE-3 of the instructions for Schedule SE.
Community income. If you and your spouse had community income and are filing separate returns, see page SE-2 of the instructions for Schedule SE before figuring self-employment tax.
Earned income credit. If you have a net profit on line 31, this amount is earned income and may qualify you for the earned income credit (EIC).
Caution: To figure your EIC, use the instructions for Form 1040, lines 66a and 66b. Complete all applicable steps plus Worksheet B. If you are required to file Schedule SE, remember to subtract one-half of your self-employment tax in Part 1 of Worksheet B.
At-risk rules. Generally, if you have a business loss and amounts invested in the business for which you are not at risk, you must complete Form 6198 to figure your allowable loss. The at-risk rules generally limit the amount of loss (including loss on the disposition of assets) you can claim to the amount you could actually lose in the business.
Check box 32b if you have amounts invested in this business for which you are not at risk, such as the following.
Figuring your deductible loss. If all amounts are at risk in this business, check box 32a. If you answered "Yes" on line G, enter your loss on line 31. But if you answered "No" on line G, you may need to complete Form 8582 to figure your allowable loss to enter on line 31. See the Instructions for Form 8582 for details.
If you checked box 32b, first complete Form 6198 to determine the amount of your deductible loss. If you answered "Yes" on line G, enter that amount on line 31. But if you answered "No" on line G, your loss may be further limited. See the Instructions for Form 8582. If your at-risk amount is zero or less, enter -0- on line 31. Be sure to attach Form 6198 to your return. If you checked box 32b and you do not attach Form 6198, the processing of your tax return may be delayed.
Any loss from this business not allowed for 2007 only because of the at-risk rules is treated as a deduction allocable to the business in 2008.
For details, see the Instructions for Form 6198 and Pub. 925.
Generally, if you engaged in a trade or business in which the production, purchase, or sale of merchandise was an income-producing factor, you must take inventories into account at the beginning and end of your tax year.
However, if you are a qualifying taxpayer or a qualifying small business taxpayer, you can account for inventoriable items in the same manner as materials and supplies that are not incidental. To change your accounting method, see the instructions for line F on page C-2.
A qualifying taxpayer is a taxpayer (a) whose average annual gross receipts for the 3 prior tax years are $1 million or less, and (b) whose business is not a tax shelter (as defined in section 448(d)(3)).
A qualifying small business taxpayer is a taxpayer (a) whose average annual gross receipts for the 3 prior tax years are $10 million or less, (b) whose business is not a tax shelter (as defined in section 448(d)(3)), and (c) whose principal business activity is not an ineligible activity as explained in Rev. Proc. 2002-28. You can find Rev. Proc. 2002-28 on page 815 of Internal Revenue Bulletin 2002-18 at www.irs.gov/pub/irs-irbs/irb02-18.pdf.
Under this accounting method, inventory costs for raw materials purchased for use in producing finished goods and merchandise purchased for resale are deductible in the year the finished goods or merchandise are sold (but not before the year you paid for the raw materials or merchandise, if you are also using the cash method). Enter amounts paid for all raw materials and merchandise during 2007 on line 36. The amount you can deduct for 2007 is figured on line 42.
Additional information. For additional guidance on this method of accounting for inventoriable items, see the following.
Caution: Certain direct and indirect expenses may have to be capitalized or included in inventory. See the instructions for Part II beginning on page C-4. See Pub. 538 for additional information.
Your inventories can be valued at cost; cost or market value, whichever is lower; or any other method approved by the IRS. However, you are required to use cost if you are using the cash method of accounting.
If you are changing your method of accounting beginning with 2007, refigure last year's closing inventory using your new method of accounting and enter the result on line 35. If there is a difference between last year's closing inventory and the refigured amount, attach an explanation and take it into account when figuring your section 481(a) adjustment. For details, see the example on page C-2 under Line F.
If you account for inventoriable items in the same manner as materials and supplies that are not incidental, enter on line 41 the portion of your raw materials and merchandise purchased for resale that is included on line 40 and was not sold during the year.
Generally, commuting is travel between your home and a work location. If you converted your vehicle during the year from personal to business use (or vice versa), enter your commuting miles only for the period you drove your vehicle for business. For information on certain travel that is considered a business expense rather than commuting, see the Instructions for Form 2106.
Include all ordinary and necessary business expenses not deducted elsewhere on Schedule C. List the type and amount of each expense separately in the space provided. Enter the total on lines 48 and 27. Do not include the cost of business equipment or furniture, replacements or permanent improvements to property, or personal, living, and family expenses. Do not include charitable contributions. Also, you cannot deduct fines or penalties paid to a government for violating any law. For details on business expenses, see Pub. 535.
Amortization. Include amortization in this part. For amortization that begins in 2007, you must complete and attach Form 4562.
You can elect to amortize such costs as:
In general, you cannot amortize real property construction period interest and taxes. Special rules apply for allocating interest to real or personal property produced in your trade or business.
For a complete list, see the Instructions for Form 4562, Part VI.
At-risk loss deduction. Any loss from this business that was not allowed as a deduction last year only because of the at-risk rules is treated as a deduction allocable to this business in 2007. For the loss to be deductible, the amount that is "at risk" must be increased.
Bad debts. Include debts and partial debts from sales or services that were included in income and are definitely known to be worthless. If you later collect a debt that you deducted as a bad debt, include it as income in the year collected. For details, see Pub. 535.
Business start-up costs. If your business began in 2007, you can elect to deduct up to $5,000 of certain business start-up costs. This limit is reduced (but not below zero) by the amount by which your total start-up costs exceed $50,000. Your remaining start-up costs can be amortized over a 180-month period, beginning with the month the business began.
For details, see Pub. 535. For amortization that begins in 2007, you must complete and attach Form 4562.
Deduction for removing barriers to individuals with disabilities and the elderly. You may be able to deduct up to $15,000 of costs paid or incurred in 2007 to remove architectural or transportation barriers to individuals with disabilities and the elderly. However, you cannot take both the credit (discussed on page C-1) and the deduction on the same expenditures.
Film and television production expenses. You can elect to deduct costs of certain qualified film and television productions. For details, see Pub. 535.
Forestation and reforestation costs. Reforestation costs are generally capital expenditures. However, for each qualified timber property you can elect to expense up to $10,000 ($5,000 if married filing separately) of qualifying reforestation costs paid or incurred in 2007. This limit is increased for small timber producers with qualified timber property located in the GO Zone, the Rita GO Zone, or the Wilma GO Zone. For GO Zone information, see Pub. 4492.
You can elect to amortize the remaining costs over 84 months. For amortization that begins in 2007, you must complete and attach Form 4562.
The amortization election does not apply to trusts and the expense election does not apply to estates and trusts. For details on reforestation expenses, see Pub. 535.
GO Zone clean-up costs. You can deduct 50% of qualified GO Zone clean-up costs paid or incurred in 2007 for the removal of debris from, or the demolition of structures on, real property located in the GO Zone. The property must be held for use in a trade or business, for the production of income, or as inventory. The remaining 50% of these costs must be capitalized. See Pub. 4492 for the areas included in the GO Zone.
Costs of making commercial buildings energy efficient. You may be able to deduct part or all of the cost of modifying existing commercial buildings to make them energy efficient. For details, see section 179D and Notice 2006-52. You can find Notice 2006-52 on page 1175 of Internal Revenue Bulletin 2006-26 at www.irs.gov/irb/2006-26_IRB/ar11.html.
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Principal Business or Professional Activity Codes
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These codes for the Principal Business or Professional
Activity classify sole proprietorships by the type of
activity they are engaged in to facilitate the
administration of the Internal Revenue Code. These
six-digit codes are based on the North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS).
Select the category that best describes your primary
business activity (for example, Real Estate). Then
select the activity that best identifies the principal
source of your sales or receipts (for example, real
estate agent). Now find the six-digit code assigned to
this activity (for example, 531210, the code for offices
of real estate agents and brokers) and enter it on
Schedule C or C-EZ, line B.
Note. If your principal source of income is from
farming activities, you should file Schedule F.
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Accommodation, Food
Services, & Drinking Places
Accommodation
721310 Rooming & boarding houses
721210 RV (recreational vehicle)
parks & recreational camps
721100 Traveler accommodation
(including hotels, motels, &
bed & breakfast inns)
Food Services & Drinking Places
722410 Drinking places (alcoholic
beverages)
722110 Full-service restaurants
722210 Limited-service eating places
722300 Special food services
(including food service
contractors & caterers)
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Administrative & Support and
Waste Management &
Remediation Services
Administrative & Support Services
561430 Business service centers
(including private mail
centers & copy shops)
561740 Carpet & upholstery cleaning
services
561440 Collection agencies
561450 Credit bureaus
561410 Document preparation
services
561300 Employment services
561710 Exterminating & pest control
services
561210 Facilities support
(management) services
561600 Investigation & security
services
561720 Janitorial services
561730 Landscaping services
561110 Office administrative services
561420 Telephone call centers
(including telephone
answering services &
telemarketing bureaus)
561500 Travel arrangement &
reservation services
561490 Other business support
services (including
repossession services, court
reporting, & stenotype
services)
561790 Other services to buildings &
dwellings
561900 Other support services
(including packaging &
labeling services, &
convention & trade show
organizers)
Waste Management & Remediation
Services
562000 Waste management &
remediation services
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Agriculture, Forestry, Hunting,
& Fishing
112900 Animal production (including
breeding of cats and dogs)
114110 Fishing
113000 Forestry & logging (including
forest nurseries & timber
tracts)
114210 Hunting & trapping
Support Activities for Agriculture &
Forestry
115210 Support activities for animal
production (including farriers)
115110 Support activities for crop
production (including cotton
ginning, soil preparation,
planting, & cultivating)
115310 Support activities for forestry
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Arts, Entertainment, &
Recreation
Amusement, Gambling, & Recreation
Industries
713100 Amusement parks & arcades
713200 Gambling industries
713900 Other amusement &
recreation services (including
golf courses, skiing facilities,
marinas, fitness centers,
bowling centers, skating
rinks, miniature golf courses)
Museums, Historical Sites, & Similar
Institutions
712100 Museums, historical sites, &
similar institutions
Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, &
Related Industries
711410 Agents & managers for
artists, athletes, entertainers,
& other public figures
711510 Independent artists, writers, &
performers
711100 Performing arts companies
711300 Promoters of performing arts,
sports, & similar events
711210 Spectator sports (including
professional sports clubs &
racetrack operations)
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Construction of Buildings
236200 Nonresidential building
construction
236100 Residential building
construction
Heavy and Civil Engineering
Construction
237310 Highway, street, & bridge
construction
237210 Land subdivision
237100 Utility system construction
237990 Other heavy & civil
engineering construction
Specialty Trade Contractors
238310 Drywall & insulation
contractors
238210 Electrical contractors
238350 Finish carpentry contractors
238330 Flooring contractors
238130 Framing carpentry contractors
238150 Glass & glazing contractors
238140 Masonry contractors
238320 Painting & wall covering
contractors
238220 Plumbing, heating & air-conditioning
contractors
238110 Poured concrete foundation &
structure contractors
238160 Roofing contractors
238170 Siding contractors
238910 Site preparation contractors
238120 Structural steel & precast
concrete construction
contractors
238340 Tile & terrazzo contractors
238290 Other building equipment
contractors
238390 Other building finishing
contractors
238190 Other foundation, structure, &
building exterior contractors
238990 All other specialty trade
contractors
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Educational Services
611000 Educational services
(including schools, colleges,
& universities)
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Finance & Insurance
Credit Intermediation & Related
Activities
522100 Depository credit
intermediation (including
commercial banking, savings
institutions, & credit unions)
522200 Nondepository credit
intermediation (including
sales financing & consumer
lending)
522300 Activities related to credit
intermediation (including loan
brokers)
Insurance Agents, Brokers, &
Related Activities
524210 Insurance agencies &
brokerages
524290 Other insurance related
activities
Securities, Commodity Contracts, &
Other Financial Investments &
Related Activities
523140 Commodity contracts brokers
523130 Commodity contracts dealers
523110 Investment bankers &
securities dealers
523210 Securities & commodity
exchanges
523120 Securities brokers
523900 Other financial investment
activities (including
investment advice)
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Health Care & Social
Assistance
Ambulatory Health Care Services
621610 Home health care services
621510 Medical & diagnostic
laboratories
621310 Offices of chiropractors
621210 Offices of dentists
621330 Offices of mental health
practitioners (except
physicians)
621320 Offices of optometrists
621340 Offices of physical,
occupational & speech
therapists, & audiologists
621111 Offices of physicians (except
mental health specialists)
621112 Offices of physicians, mental
health specialists
621391 Offices of podiatrists
621399 Offices of all other
miscellaneous health
practitioners
621400 Outpatient care centers
621900 Other ambulatory health care
services (including ambulance
services, blood, & organ
banks)
Hospitals
622000 Hospitals
Nursing & Residential Care Facilities
623000 Nursing & residential care
facilities
Social Assistance
624410 Child day care services
624200 Community food & housing,
& emergency & other relief
services
624100 Individual & family services
624310 Vocational rehabilitation
services
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Information
511000 Publishing industries (except
Internet)
Broadcasting (except Internet) &
Telecommunications
515000 Broadcasting (except Internet)
517000 Telecommunications &
Internet service providers
Data Processing Services
518210 Data processing, hosting, &
related services
519100 Other information services
(including news syndicates &
libraries, Internet publishing
& broadcasting)
Motion Picture & Sound Recording
512100 Motion picture & video
industries (except video
rental)
512200 Sound recording industries
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Manufacturing
315000 Apparel mfg.
312000 Beverage & tobacco product
mfg.
334000 Computer & electronic
product mfg.
335000 Electrical equipment,
appliance, & component mfg.
332000 Fabricated metal product mfg.
337000 Furniture & related product
mfg.
333000 Machinery mfg.
339110 Medical equipment &
supplies mfg.
322000 Paper mfg.
324100 Petroleum & coal products
mfg.
326000 Plastics & rubber products
mfg.
331000 Primary metal mfg.
323100 Printing & related support
activities
313000 Textile mills
314000 Textile product mills
336000 Transportation equipment
mfg.
321000 Wood product mfg.
339900 Other miscellaneous mfg.
Chemical Manufacturing
325100 Basic chemical mfg.
325500 Paint, coating, & adhesive
mfg.
325300 Pesticide, fertilizer, & other
agricultural chemical mfg.
325410 Pharmaceutical & medicine
mfg.
325200 Resin, synthetic rubber, &
artificial & synthetic fibers &
filaments mfg.
325600 Soap, cleaning compound, &
toilet preparation mfg.
325900 Other chemical product &
preparation mfg.
Food Manufacturing
311110 Animal food mfg.
311800 Bakeries & tortilla mfg.
311500 Dairy product mfg.
311400 Fruit & vegetable preserving
& speciality food mfg.
311200 Grain & oilseed milling
311610 Animal slaughtering &
processing
311710 Seafood product preparation
& packaging
311300 Sugar & confectionery
product mfg.
311900 Other food mfg. (including
coffee, tea, flavorings, &
seasonings)
Leather & Allied Product
Manufacturing
316210 Footwear mfg. (including
leather, rubber, & plastics)
316110 Leather & hide tanning &
finishing
316990 Other leather & allied product
mfg.
Nonmetallic Mineral Product
Manufacturing
327300 Cement & concrete product
mfg.
327100 Clay product & refractory
mfg.
327210 Glass & glass product mfg.
327400 Lime & gypsum product mfg.
327900 Other nonmetallic mineral
product mfg.
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Mining
212110 Coal mining
212200 Metal ore mining
212300 Nonmetallic mineral mining
& quarrying
211110 Oil & gas extraction
213110 Support activities for mining
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Other Services
Personal & Laundry Services
812111 Barber shops
812112 Beauty salons
812220 Cemeteries & crematories
812310 Coin-operated laundries &
drycleaners
812320 Drycleaning & laundry
services (except
coin-operated) (including
laundry & drycleaning
dropoff & pickup sites)
812210 Funeral homes & funeral
services
812330 Linen & uniform supply
812113 Nail salons
812930 Parking lots & garages
812910 Pet care (except veterinary)
services
812920 Photofinishing
812190 Other personal care services
(including diet & weight
reducing centers)
812990 All other personal services
Repair & Maintenance
811120 Automotive body, paint,
interior, & glass repair
811110 Automotive mechanical &
electrical repair &
maintenance
811190 Other automotive repair &
maintenance (including oil
change & lubrication shops &
car washes)
811310 Commercial & industrial
machinery & equipment
(except automotive &
electronic) repair &
maintenance
811210 Electronic & precision
equipment repair &
maintenance
811430 Footwear & leather goods
repair
811410 Home & garden equipment &
appliance repair &
maintenance
811420 Reupholstery & furniture
repair
811490 Other personal & household
goods repair & maintenance
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Professional, Scientific, &
Technical Services
541100 Legal services
541211 Offices of certified public
accountants
541214 Payroll services
541213 Tax preparation services
541219 Other accounting services
Architectural, Engineering, &
Related Services
541310 Architectural services
541350 Building inspection services
541340 Drafting services
541330 Engineering services
541360 Geophysical surveying &
mapping services
541320 Landscape architecture
services
541370 Surveying & mapping (except
geophysical) services
541380 Testing laboratories
Computer Systems Design & Related
Services
541510 Computer systems design &
related services
Specialized Design Services
541400 Specialized design services
(including interior, industrial,
graphic, & fashion design)
Other Professional, Scientific, &
Technical Services
541800 Advertising & related services
541600 Management, scientific, &
technical consulting services
541910 Market research & public
opinion polling
541920 Photographic services
541700 Scientific research &
development services
541930 Translation & interpretation
services
541940 Veterinary services
541990 All other professional,
scientific, & technical
services
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Real Estate & Rental &
Leasing
Real Estate
531100 Lessors of real estate
(including miniwarehouses &
self-storage units)
531210 Offices of real estate agents
& brokers
531320 Offices of real estate
appraisers
531310 Real estate property managers
531390 Other activities related to real
estate
Rental & Leasing Services
532100 Automotive equipment rental
& leasing
532400 Commercial & industrial
machinery & equipment
rental & leasing
532210 Consumer electronics &
appliances rental
532220 Formal wear & costume
rental
532310 General rental centers
532230 Video tape & disc rental
532290 Other consumer goods rental
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Religious, Grantmaking, Civic,
Professional, & Similar
Organizations
813000 Religious, grantmaking, civic,
professional, & similar
organizations
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Retail Trade
Building Material & Garden
Equipment & Supplies Dealers
444130 Hardware stores
444110 Home centers
444200 Lawn & garden equipment &
supplies stores
444120 Paint & wallpaper stores
444190 Other building materials
dealers
Clothing & Accessories Stores
448130 Children's & infants' clothing
stores
448150 Clothing accessories stores
448140 Family clothing stores
448310 Jewelry stores
448320 Luggage & leather goods
stores
448110 Men's clothing stores
448210 Shoe stores
448120 Women's clothing stores
448190 Other clothing stores
Electronic & Appliance Stores
443130 Camera & photographic
supplies stores
443120 Computer & software stores
443111 Household appliance stores
443112 Radio, television, & other
electronics stores
Food & Beverage Stores
445310 Beer, wine, & liquor stores
445220 Fish & seafood markets
445230 Fruit & vegetable markets
445100 Grocery stores (including
supermarkets & convenience
stores without gas)
445210 Meat markets
445290 Other specialty food stores
Furniture & Home Furnishing Stores
442110 Furniture stores
442200 Home furnishings stores
Gasoline Stations
447100 Gasoline stations (including
convenience stores with gas)
General Merchandise Stores
452000 General merchandise stores
Health & Personal Care Stores
446120 Cosmetics, beauty supplies, &
perfume stores
446130 Optical goods stores
446110 Pharmacies & drug stores
446190 Other health & personal care
stores
Motor Vehicle & Parts Dealers
441300 Automotive parts, accessories,
& tire stores
441222 Boat dealers
441221 Motorcycle dealers
441110 New car dealers
441210 Recreational vehicle dealers
(including motor home &
travel trailer dealers)
441120 Used car dealers
441229 All other motor vehicle
dealers
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, &
Music Stores
451211 Book stores
451120 Hobby, toy, & game stores
451140 Musical instrument &
supplies stores
451212 News dealers & newsstands
451220 Prerecorded tape, compact
disc, & record stores
451130 Sewing, needlework, & piece
goods stores
451110 Sporting goods stores
Miscellaneous Store Retailers
453920 Art dealers
453110 Florists
453220 Gift, novelty, & souvenir
stores
453930 Manufactured (mobile) home
dealers
453210 Office supplies & stationery
stores
453910 Pet & pet supplies stores
453310 Used merchandise stores
453990 All other miscellaneous store
retailers (including tobacco,
candle, & trophy shops)
Nonstore Retailers
454112 Electronic auctions
454111 Electronic shopping
454310 Fuel dealers
454113 Mail-order houses
454210 Vending machine operators
454390 Other direct selling
establishments (including
door-to-door retailing, frozen
food plan providers, party
plan merchandisers, &
coffee-break service
providers)
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Transportation &
Warehousing
481000 Air transportation
485510 Charter bus industry
484110 General freight trucking, local
484120 General freight trucking, long
distance
485210 Interurban & rural bus
transportation
486000 Pipeline transportation
482110 Rail transportation
487000 Scenic & sightseeing
transportation
485410 School & employee bus
transportation
484200 Specialized freight trucking
(including household moving
vans)
485300 Taxi & limousine service
485110 Urban transit systems
483000 Water transportation
485990 Other transit & ground
passenger transportation
488000 Support activities for
transportation (including
motor vehicle towing)
Couriers & Messengers
492000 Couriers & messengers
Warehousing & Storage Facilities
493100 Warehousing & storage
(except leases of
miniwarehouses &
self-storage units)
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Utilities
221000 Utilities
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Wholesale Trade
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable
Goods
423600 Electrical & electronic goods
423200 Furniture & home furnishing
423700 Hardware, & plumbing &
heating equipment & supplies
423940 Jewelry, watch, precious
stone, & precious metals
423300 Lumber & other construction
materials
423800 Machinery, equipment, &
supplies
423500 Metal & mineral (except
petroleum)
423100 Motor vehicle & motor
vehicle parts & supplies
423400 Professional & commercial
equipment & supplies
423930 Recyclable materials
423910 Sporting & recreational goods
& supplies
423920 Toy & hobby goods &
supplies
423990 Other miscellaneous durable
goods
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable
Goods
424300 Apparel, piece goods, &
notions
424800 Beer, wine, & distilled
alcoholic beverage
424920 Books, periodicals, &
newspapers
424600 Chemical & allied products
424210 Drugs & druggists' sundries
424500 Farm product raw materials
424910 Farm supplies
424930 Flower, nursery stock, &
florists' supplies
424400 Grocery & related products
424950 Paint, varnish, & supplies
424100 Paper & paper products
424700 Petroleum & petroleum
products
424940 Tobacco & tobacco products
424990 Other miscellaneous
nondurable goods
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Wholesale Electronic Markets
and Agents & Brokers
425110 Business to business
electronic markets
425120 Wholesale trade agents &
brokers
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999999 Unclassified establishments
(unable to classify)
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