Most Outrageous Tax Deductions

The Minnesota Society of CPAs recently surveyed its CPA members to identify the most creative tax deductions proposed by their clients. Here are some of the wackiest suggestions that CPAs heard from their clients.

A taxpayer wanted to claim his elected official as a dependent because he “pays his salary.”

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