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Here are the top six things the IRS wants you to know about deducting costs related to your job search.

 1. In order to deduct job search costs, the expenses must be spent on a job search in your current occupation. You may not deduct expenses incurred while looking for a job in a new occupation.

 2. You can deduct employment and outplacement agency fees you pay while looking for a job in your present occupation. If your employer pays you back in a later year for employment agency fees, you must include the amount you receive in your gross income up to the amount of your tax benefit in the earlier year.

 3. You can deduct amounts you spend for preparing and mailing copies of a résumé to prospective employers as long as you are looking for a new job in your present occupation. .

 4. If you travel to an area to look for a new job in your present occupation, you may be able to deduct travel expenses to and from the area. You can only deduct the travel expenses if the trip is primarily to look for a new job. The amount of time you spend on personal activity compared to the amount of time you spend looking for work is important in determining whether the trip is primarily personal or is primarily to look for a new job.

 5. You cannot deduct job search expenses if there was a substantial break between the end of your last job and the time you begin looking for a new one.

 6. You cannot deduct job search expenses if you are looking for a job for the first time.

For more information about job search expenses, see IRS Publication 529, Miscellaneous Deductions. This publication is available on the IRS Web site, IRS.gov or by calling 800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676).

Who's gonna win IDOL?  Kris or Adam?  (I was actually pulling for Danny...)

and Congrats to Shawn Johnson for winning Dancing with the Stars (I'm surprised!)

GMA Videos that I captured in Nashville this week:

Local/Regional band Hearts of Saints (formerly Special D) played at a showcase Wednesday night at Uptown 162 in Nashville.  They are VERY CLOSE to a major announcement, and you should here about it on WBEL first!  Here is some video of their song "Beautiful Mystery":

Here's a video from a session on Wednesday - Amy Grant talking about how she dealt with critics during the first few years of her crossover success (Unguarded & Heart in Motion CDs) and throughout her career:

Here's Meredith Andrews singing her song "You're Not Alone" at the Gospel Music Association convention this week:

I Participated in a project for World Vision (the child sponsorship organization) by putting together a "Caregiver's Kit" to be used by someone caring for an AIDS victim in Africa. See if you can spot Jesse Garcia from Building 429 in the background!

Michael Sweet and Oz Fox perform an acoustic version of their classic "Calling On You" at the Dog & Pony Show in Nashville, Tuesday night:

Mark Schultz plays his new song from his CD which will hit stores in the summer:

Rueben Morgan and Ben Fielding of Hillsongs talk about their song "Mighty to Save" at GMA Songwriter's Showcase:

The Fathers of the members of Point of Grace share fond thoughts of their daughters at GMA's Big Hits Lunch:

...and now, here are the girls-

Point of Grace sings a new song from "How You Live" CD at GMA's WORD Records Big Hits Lunch April 20, 2009