Under specific conditions can I write off Spotify or other streaming audio services?
Nice try. No. If you were in the music industry, you might have a case. Depending on the exact job, certain things related to music would be a business expense. I don't see how this would pass an audit as it really is unrelated to the work you do.
get into the 21st century. there are millions of artists willing to make videos, music, and other forms of entertainment for FREE. the music and hollywood industry are NOT entitled to profits. they lose money because of bad business models that don't evolve to a changing entertainment paradigm Cause the ads are so fucking annoying. They advertise stuff I don’t care about way too often and it’s the same ad over and over again. Every time I listen to sound cloud in the car and there is an ad I turn the volume all the way down. As consumers, we need to demand licenses for content which state that they cannot be revoked unless there is a demonstrated violation of the terms of service. Those violations should have to be specifically enumerated and provided in writing to the licensee. Almost every company I know of charges something like 2% per month on past due accounts.  They are not financial institutions, so it's probably quite legal. it is legal. In fact part of the service is provided by Google that displays the notifications. It's only available on Android which is approx 85% of the market share. It's not targeted advertising using an email address, telephone number, etc. The users smartphone scans for the signal. The user can dismiss a notification and turn the feature off and they opt in to the service during install/update of their OS Call Comcast during a non-peak time (first thing in the morning?), wait on hold, and politely explain what happened and request a $50 credit. Also politely request that your premium support request be handled for free given how much hassle you've had getting disconnected. They'll be able to tell your premium request was never answered because there are no notes on your support tickets. Calling them is much easier than any of your other options. You're charging service fees as a conduit entity for these tickets. While the service fee is not a fixed rate, but a percentage, you would need to record each purchase at dollar amount. To illustrate, it would look like:   Now, to your question:  How do I report this on my taxes? You would first start out by filing your Schedule C from the eyes of the business (the money you earn at your job, and the money you earn as a business are different). Just keep a general journal with the above entry for each sale and close them down to a simple balance sheet and income statement and you should be fine. Of course, read the instructions for your Schedule C before you begin.  As always, good luck. "If you're skipping and blocking the ads then you're not paying for shit. You are not helping that ""model.""  Fortunately you're in good company, and the few changes necessary *will* happen in response to how insufferable and ineffective ad-funding is. The whole business will simply fade away." You guys know that you don't need to use itunes right?  Winamp can load/unload ipod devices just fine.  There are other good alternatives too.  I just use my phone now but itunes was so terrible I barely ever used it with my ipod when I was still using it. From accounting perspective, an unpaid bill for internet services, according to the Accruals Concept, is recorded as a liability under 'Current Liabilities' section of the Balance Sheet. Also as an expense on the Income Statement.  So to answer your question it is both: a debt and an expense, however this is only the case at the end of the period. If you manage to pay it before the financial period ends this is simply an expense that is financed by cash or other liquid Asset on the Balance Sheet such as prepayment for example. For private persons you are generally given some time to pay the bill so it is technically a debt (Internet Provider would list you as a debtor on their accounts), but this is not something to worry about unless you are not considering to pay this bill. In which case your account may be sold as part of a factoring and you will then have a debt affecting your credit rating. Also see who has the authority to delete bills or items on bills. This was a huge scam with some servers I've worked with. If you can delete an entire bill that was paid in cash then that's money in your pocket. I think it depends on who is being paid for your app.  Do you have a company the is being paid?  Or is it you personally? If you have a company then that income will disappear by offsetting it through expenses to get the software developed. If they are paying you personally then you can probably still get the income to disappear by file home-office expenses. I think either way you need to talk to an accountant. If you don't want to mess with it since the amount of income is small then I would think you can file it as additional income (maybe a 1099). I love Netflix, but mostly for the documentaries.  I miss the old History Channel and then later H2 when they were full of documentaries and actually educational and interesting programming.  Now they're just reality television like the rest of the crap on cable.  While I don't mind the occasional Disney film or other movie on Netflix, I usually still like to own physical copies of movies(like Star Wars) and if I don't care enough to own it, I usually don't care enough to watch it.  This doesn't really affect my streaming decisions at all.  I still have Amazon Prime(which I've had for over 10 years now because of the 2 day shipping, don't watch much on their streaming service but I have it on my Roku).  TBH I can see where Disney may lose money, because I for one have to really want to see something to buy a copy, and I don't care enough about most of their stuff to pay for a streaming sub specifically for their content.    In closing, this wont make me pay for their stuff or pirate it, I simply wont watch it(besides seeing Star Wars films in the theater and/or buying the Blu-ray).  I suppose I should catch up on what I'd like to see of theirs on Netflix before they remove it all in a year or two. You should see all the albums I have in a drawer at home not bringing me any joy whatsoever.  I'm 48 years old and I've been using a digital streaming source for most of my listening pleasure for the last 10 years. As I have worked for H&R Block I know for a fact that they record all your activity with them for future reference. If it is their opinion that you are obligated to use their service if you use some other service then this, most likely, will affect your future dealings with them.  So, ask yourself this question: is reducing their income from you this year worth never being able to deal with them again in future years? The answer to that will give you the answer to your question.