{"id":15363,"date":"2019-04-15T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/?p=15363"},"modified":"2019-06-10T09:38:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T14:38:10","slug":"happy-tax-day-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accountants.intuit.com\/taxprocenter\/proconnect\/happy-tax-day-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Tax Day 2019!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Tax Day, and congratulations on making it through what may have been a challenging tax season!<\/p>\n<p>As you finish up your last few tax-related tasks, take a few minutes to read about four creative deductions that American taxpayers have tried to make over the years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Music lessons<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One family succeeded in claiming their child\u2019s instrument as a deductible medical expense because doctors said it could improve an overbite.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15366 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Boy-playing-piano-with-father-e1551730097626.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Boy-playing-piano-with-father-e1551730097626.jpg 655w, https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Boy-playing-piano-with-father-e1551730097626.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Boy-playing-piano-with-father-e1551730097626.jpg?resize=300,200 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Private jet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A taxpayer tried to write off his purchase of a private jet that he said was necessary to watch over an income-producing, remote rental property. The IRS allowed the man to write off the costs of operating the jet to and from the property as a rental expense.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4455 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/travel.png?w=300\" alt=\"Travel\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/travel.png 686w, https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/travel.png?resize=150,103 150w, https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/travel.png?resize=300,206 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Cat food<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One junkyard owner claimed cat food as a deductible expense, contending that it was needed to feed the feral cats, which limit the population of rats and snakes in his yard. The IRS approved the deduction as a valid business expense.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15369 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Cat-e1551731639474.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"cat\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Football game<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A business associate tried to write off a trip to the &#8220;Big Game&#8221; in February with clients as a business expense, arguing that it was for building relationships, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxcrisisinstitute.com\/blog\/strangest-tax-deductions-ever-attempted\/\"title=\"\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"false noopener noreferrer\" data-wa-link=\"body_taxcrisisinstitute-strangetaxdeductions\" target=\"_blank\">Tax Crisis Institute<\/a>. He was not successful in proving that the trip was business related.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15368 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/football.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/football.jpg 425w, https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/football.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/taxprocenter.proconnect.intuit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/football.jpg?resize=300,199 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hope you enjoyed these Tax Day deduction fun facts. Now it&#8217;s time to enjoy that vacation!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s some funny deductions (or sometimes just deduction attempts) to help you celebrate tax day 2019. 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