24 Tax Write-Offs for Yoga Teachers
NAICS business codeYour NAICS business code is a six-digit string of numbers that shows the type of work your business does. NAICS stands for North American Industry Classification System. When you do your taxes, you'll enter it in Box B of your Schedule C.713900
Reviewed bySabrina Wiechart, CPASabrina is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with over 15 years of experience in tax preparation, planning, and S-Corp compliance. She holds a Master’s in Accounting and specializes in helping self-employed individuals make smart tax decisions. Sabrina is passionate about simplifying the S-Corp process and making sure every client keeps more of what they earn.Do you find yourself going into savasana a lot when April rolls around? We get it, filing your self-employment taxes can be overwhelming. And while deep breathing can certainly help with stress levels, it doesn't keep more of your income in your pocket.
What does help lower your tax bill is remembering to deduct business expenses on your Schedule C. You can claim most work-related costs, including teaching certifications, yoga mats, or even music service subscriptions for your classes.
To help make tax time at least a little breezier, we've brought a list of the top write-offs for yoga instructors to the mat.
Fees to renew your certificate to teach yoga are tax-deductible.
Yoga mats, blocks, singing bowls, and other supplies you use in class can be deducted.
Coaching, seminars, or workshops used to maintain your work-related skills can be written off.
This covers training that maintains or improves skills for the work you already do. Courses that qualify you for a new trade or profession are not deductible.
Squarespace, Wix, GoDaddy, and other website service fees are fully tax-deductible.
Print and online advertising costs for your business are considered write-offs.
If you need to hire an editor, designer, photographer, or other creative pro, write off what you pay them.
Pay any one contractor $600 or more in a year and you'll need to file a Form 1099-NEC for them.
Business cards, postcards, and other materials used to promote yourself are deductible.
Write off the streaming service you subscribe to so you can play music during class.
Renting studio time, or paying a rent-back fee to a host studio, is deductible as rent on business property.
Protecting yourself and your business with liability insurance? It's a write-off.
Cameras, microphones and lighting for filming your work are depreciated over time, or expensed up front under Section 179 or the de minimis safe harbor.
If you drive for work ...
Is tax time approaching?
Take a deep breath and remember to write off car expenses if you drive for work, like between classes at different studios, or to pick up equipment.
Parking for a meeting downtown, or any other work trip, is tax-deductible!
A toll while driving to or from a work destination is tax-deductible!
If you buy a new car, you can write off part of the cost every year for five years.
Flashlights, tire iron, duct tape, and other tools you may need in your vehicle are deductible.
Car insurance monthly fees, registration, even roadside assistance are partially deductible — if you use the actual expense method. The standard mileage rate already covers them.
Oil changes, repairs, and regular checkups are deductible if you use the actual expense method. Take the standard mileage rate instead and they're already baked into your per-mile deduction.
If you discuss work at a restaurant ...
If you meet with a client to talk about your previous teaching experiences or with mentors or fellow yoga instructors to talk about lesson planning or other work-related matters, remember to write off business meal costs.
If you discuss work with a coworker, mentor, client, or prospective client, it's a write-off — 50% of the tab.
If you leave town for work ...
If you attend a yoga conference or workshop in another city or get hired to teach an out-of-town yoga class, you can claim travel expenses on your Schedule C.
Planes, trains, and car rentals are all work-related travel costs that can be written off.
When you travel for work, lodging expenses such as hotel rooms or Airbnb are write-offs.
When you're traveling for work, your meals are 50% deductible — takeout included. (Long-haul truck drivers subject to DOT hours-of-service rules can deduct 80%.)
If you work from home ...
If you film online yoga courses, plan classes, or work on advertising your business from home, you can write off a portion of your home office expenses.
A desk, chairs, lamps, and other home office necessities are all tax write-offs. Anything over about $2,500 gets depreciated on Form 4562 instead of written off all at once.
Repairs just for your home office are 100% deductible. Repairs to the rest of your home count too, prorated by your business-use percentage on Form 8829.
Gotta keep the lights on in your home office! A portion of your electricity bill counts.
Whether it's rental or homeowners insurance, you can write off a portion through your home office deduction.
It'd be hard to work in an office without running water, huh? Your water bill counts.
You need internet to do your job! If you claim a home office, deduct it prorated on Form 8829 along with your other utilities. Internet you pay for on the road, purely for work, is 100% deductible.
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