Klarinet Archive - Posting 000074.txt from 2009/04

From: Donna Higgins <Donna@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Tax deduction for clarinet lessons?
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:34:15 -0400

MSNBC.com has an article on strange and obscure tax deductions,
including this one:

4. Clarinets and Other Medical Necessities
Way back in 1962, the IRS approved a write-off that was so out there,
it's still a favorite of tax lawyers. The agency allowed parents to
deduct their children's clarinet and music lessons. The reason?
Orthodontists argued that it would help with kids' overbites. Since then
doctors' notes have become gold to aggressive, inventive tax filers.
They've successfully used the IRS's sweepingly liberal interpretations
of medical expenses to deduct money spent for air conditioners, swimming
pools, hot tubs, Indian medicine-man consultations, sex therapy, diet
dinners and home remodeling.

Too bad my mother didn't know about this back in 1974 when I started
playing!

Donna
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