Re: a tax question

[michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

The good news is that the kidnappers can then get the deduction.

>
> from SLATE:
> >The NY [Times] passes along an interesting question put to the IRS last
> >year and an even more amazing answer. The question: "My child has been
> >kidnapped. Can I still take [him [or her] as] a deduction on my income tax
> >return?" The agency's reply: "Only for the year in which the child was
> >abducted." The bright side, adds the Times: ransom is always deductible.
>
> Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
>
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Michael Perelman
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