MARK KOHLERMain Street Professionals, Main Street Professionals, Main Street Professionals, Main Street Professionals, Main Street Professionals, LLC · Owner at Main Street Professionals, LLC

Are your clothes actually a tax write-off? 🤔 #taxhacks #entrepreneur

14 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this informal YouTube monologue, Mark Kohler explains that logo‑branded clothing can be deducted as a business expense, provided it is used in a bona‑fide business context. He extends the discussion to travel, meals, and incidental costs (like beers) incurred when attending events such as concerts, emphasizing that these are deductible only if the primary purpose is business—e.g., meeting vendors or customers and securing future deals. While the concert ticket itself is classified as entertainment and is not deductible, any business activity conducted while wearing the branded shirt makes the apparel a valid write‑off. Kohler encourages entrepreneurs to use branded apparel as a conversation starter to facilitate deal‑making.

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I bought this cool shirt and I put my logo on it. Do you get to write off the shirt? Yes. Any logo clothing is a write-off. But you said you went to a concert because you were going to go meet with one of your vendors or your customers and have a conversation about working together for the next year. And they actually did do business with you the next week or the week after. Can you write off the travel to get to the concert? The food at the concert? Your beers at the bar at the concert? Can you write off your shirt you wore to the concert? Yes. Now, the entertainment deduction does not allow you to write off the concert tickets, but make sure you do business where you wear your shirt. That's what matters. So you're on to something. I like it. And the shirt is a tax write-off, but you need to be doing business where you go, which is in your best interest anyway. You want to be closing deals, man. So wear that shirt and make it a conversation starter. I love it.