How Do I Deduct Business Taxes?

On Schedule A of my 2011 tax
return, I see there is a place
for state and local taxes. There's
also a place for real estate
taxes.

This begs the question: Where do
I deduct business taxes? I'm
required to pay for a Home Occupancy
Permit in Auburn, Maine, USA. Where
to I take this off my revenues?

It seems that the right place to do
this is as a business expense. Here's
what the IRS says:

Deducting Business Expenses

Here's the key quote from the above
IRS web page:

Taxes - You can deduct various federal,
state, local, and foreign taxes directly
attributable to your trade or business
as business expenses.

OK. I got my answer. There's always
an answer if you look in the right
places.

Ed Abbott