The FreelanceSwitch blog offers up a list of tax deductions anyone who does any work on their own should consider, including coffee shop visits, job hunting expenses, and even clients who don't pay.

Among the items that might be revelations for newer freelancers (like this editor) or those doing casual work from home, clients that just dropped off the face of the earth or refuse to return your invoices can, in fact, be a write-off:

The IRS allows you to write off those invoices as bad debts. Writing them off as a freelancer is a little more complicated than for other types of businesses: that invoice must be included in your gross income, which means that you must use the accrual method of accounting (reporting income as you earn it). If you use the cash method, you didn’t need to report an unpaid invoice to the IRS at all. For more information, look at IRS Publication 535.

If you're missing a wealth of Starbucks/Caribou/Seattle's Best receipts or other proof of your rarer write-offs, check out the list and get a jump-start on your 2009 filings. What deductio