Jasmine DiLucci, JD, CPA, EA

Most people think the IRS is the final authority.

It’s not.

The IRS is just one side of a dispute.

Auditors make assumptions.
They take legal positions.

And sometimes… those positions fall apart.

The biggest mistake taxpayers make?
Treating the audit like the final decision instead of understanding how the system actually works.

Because the real leverage often shows up later:
→ IRS Appeals
→ Hazards of litigation
→ Tax Court

I’ve seen taxpayers lose cases they could’ve won…
and I’ve seen the IRS lose cases they thought were slam dunks.

The system is a lot more strategic than people realize.

Question:
What’s the biggest misconception people have about IRS audits?

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Jasmine DiLucci, JD, CPA, EA

Wealthy real estate investors don’t play the same game most people do.

They’re not focused on:
“Getting deductions”

They’re focused on:
Controlling when tax is triggered

That’s why they:
- Use 1031 exchanges to defer gains
- Avoid unnecessary sales
- Think long-term (like step-up in basis)
- Keep buying new assets with new depreciation

The goal isn’t just to reduce tax…

It’s to delay or eliminate the taxable event entirely.

Are your real estate decisions based on short-term savings… or long-term strategy?

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Jasmine DiLucci, JD, CPA, EA

Most people think real estate saves them taxes.

But what’s actually happening?

They’re delaying the bill.

Year after year:
- Depreciation lowers income
- Taxes look smaller

Then one sale happens…
and everything hits at once:

- Depreciation recapture
- Capital gains
- Higher-than-expected tax

That’s when people realize:
They didn’t eliminate tax…
they just postponed it.

Are you actually saving tax — or just delaying a bigger bill later?

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Jasmine DiLucci, JD, CPA, EA

From the outside, real estate looks like a tax cheat code:

Buy → deduct
Sell → defer
Repeat

But here’s what most people miss:

Real estate isn’t always tax savings…
it’s usually tax deferral.

And the moment you sell?

The IRS reconciles everything:
- Depreciation gets recaptured
- Gains get taxed
- “Savings” come due

In some cases, strategies like cost segregation can even increase the tax bill later if you don’t plan properly.

Wealthy investors don’t just ask:
“How do I save tax this year?”

They ask:
“How do I avoid triggering the tax at all?”

👉 Watch the full breakdown: https://youtu.be/BT_-FOtQMsA

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Jasmine DiLucci, JD, CPA, EA

You don’t lose travel deductions because they’re illegal.

You lose them because they don’t survive scrutiny.

To even qualify, you need:
- A real business (not just an LLC)
- A profit motive backed by behavior
- A trip that is primarily business

And even then, three things kill it fast:
1. Bad documentation
(No records = automatic denial)

2. Family travel
(“They helped” doesn’t count)

3. International trips
(Must prove why that location was necessary)

This is one of the most audited areas in the tax code for a reason.

So be honest:

Are you structuring your travel like a business… or like a vacation with a tax excuse?

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Jasmine DiLucci, JD, CPA, EA

“If I do a little work on the trip, I can write it off.”

That’s the myth.

Here’s the reality:

The law doesn’t ask:
“Did you work at all?”

It asks:
👉 Was this trip actually a business trip?

Because:
- Answering emails ≠ business travel
- Filming content ≠ business purpose
- Adding a meeting ≠ primary intent

Most trips fail because they were personal first… with business added after.

So let me ask you:

If the IRS looked at your last “business trip,” would the facts actually hold up?

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Jasmine DiLucci, JD, CPA, EA

Travel write-offs are one of the easiest deductions for the IRS to kill.

And most people are doing it exactly the wrong way.

→ Add one “meeting” to a vacation
→ Film some content
→ Call it a business trip

That’s not how the law works.

The IRS doesn’t care if you did something business-related.

They care about one thing:

👉 Was the trip primarily for business — in substance?

That means:
- Time spent on real business activity
- Whether the location was actually necessary
- How much of the trip was personal

If the facts don’t support it, the deduction is gone.

And with travel, poor documentation alone can wipe it out completely.

👉 Watch the full breakdown here: https://youtu.be/KmTeQKY3Ses

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Jasmine DiLucci, JD, CPA, EA

The top 1% don’t guess.

They know their numbers.

Not just at tax time—in real time.

They track:
- Revenue
- Margins
- Cash flow
- Customer acquisition cost
- Lifetime value

Because those numbers tell them one thing:

👉 Where to put the next dollar for the highest return

Meanwhile, most people:
- Wait until year-end
- Don’t understand their margins
- Make tax decisions without context

And then wonder why nothing compounds.

Let me ask you this:

Do you actually know your numbers… or are you making decisions in the dark?

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Jasmine DiLucci, JD, CPA, EA

Wealthy real estate investors don’t play the same game most people do.



They’re not focused on:
“Getting deductions”



They’re focused on:
Controlling when tax is triggered



That’s why they:

- Use 1031 exchanges to defer gains

- Avoid unnecessary sales

- Think long-term (like step-up in basis)

- Keep buying new assets with new depreciation



The goal isn’t just to reduce tax…



It’s to delay or eliminate the taxable event entirely.



Are your real estate decisions based on short-term savings… or long-term strategy?

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Jasmine DiLucci, JD, CPA, EA

The biggest mistake I see?

Trying to reduce taxes before there’s real profit.

Tax only applies to income that exists.

So if you’re:
- Setting up entities early
- Paying for complex strategies
- Chasing deductions

Before you’ve built strong cash flow…

You’re not optimizing.

You’re shrinking the base you could’ve compounded.

And in a lot of cases, you’re increasing audit risk while doing it.

Real question:

Are you actually building something… or just trying to “optimize” something that isn’t there yet?

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