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April 25, 2009

Deduction of shipping costs in gold and silver buys?

Filed under: United States — Tags: , , — @ 9:52 am

Can I deduct the cost of shipping and insurance on the purchase of bullion?
I’m a small buyer of gold and silver bullion and coins. Of course the trick is to purchase at or below market spot (no interest in the numismatic value) however by the time shipping and insurance are added to the bullion it is sometimes well above spot. Can this be deducted as an “investment” expense?

Micha

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