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Our next tax trivia question for the giveaway is:
In 2010, a New York state appeals board disallowed more than $300,000 in deductions for medical expenses to a taxpayer/tax accountant who claimed that he required sex therapy although it was not prescribed by a doctor; the appeal board agreed with a US Tax Court decision that disallowed the same deductions on the federal level. The taxpayer claimed medical expenses for the purchase of porn and Viagra though the bulk of his expenses were related to what illegal activity?
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What’s your guess?
Prostitution?
Prostitution (the frequenting thereof)
Visiting a prostitute? Halby v. Commissioner, TC Memo 2009-204
He claimed he was receiving “sex therapy treatments” from lap dancers in various strip clubs. There may have been some fees for direct treatment by prostitutes in there as well. This guy was the working girls friend, for sure.
Silly guy; anybody knows lap dancers tips are paid in cash. How did he ever think he was going to pass an IRS audit without adequate verification for all those cash tips? This attorney needed professional tax advice, for sure.
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