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In response to "For tax purposes, can you deduct clothing used exclusively for work? i.e. construction workers deducting tough pants or shirts?" by Mop (236 lbs)

my friend deducts clothing and she's a dog walker. -- nm

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) May 7 '09, 08:24

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Your friend is cheating on her taxes. (nm) - musubi May 7, 08:28 14
- really? she buys a parka so that she can walk for 4 hours in winter that she uses just for work? - Andie May 7, 08:30 13
  - Whoops. Forgot you're in canada. Maybe the rules are diff. In the US, that's cheating. (nm) - musubi May 7, 08:31 4
    - everyone cheats on their taxes. it's your patriotic duty as an american -- nm - znufrii May 7, 08:32 3
      - I don't. I think my tax preparer is amazed that I'm not trying to cheat. (nm) - musubi May 7, 08:34 2
        
        But that's more cuz you're a USC fan than anything else. -- nm - Will Hunting May 7, 08:34 1
        
        Well, he *did* go to UCLA. Hmmmm. Maybe I better go re-check his numbers.... (nm) - musubi May 7, 08:36
  - Also, this is canada. The revenue agency doesn't assume you're a criminal by default, like the IRS does. -- nm - Beryllium May 7, 08:30 6
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      - Oh, I didn't mean criminal in the legal sense, I meant it in the strike-fear-into-the-heart sense. - Beryllium May 7, 08:39 4
        
        Heh - that perception probably has more to do with the different levels of trust Canadians and Americans have in government -- nm - Roger More May 7, 08:42 3
        
        Perhaps, but the American system seems positively byzantine and impenetrable from an outside perspective. -- nm - Beryllium May 7, 08:47 2
        
        The Canadian system seems byzantine and impentrable from my personal perspective. I have to fill out forms for federal *and* provincial taxes? WTF? - Roger More May 7, 08:52 1
        
        you have to fill out forms for federal and state, IIRC, in the US - so that much is similar, at least. -- nm - Beryllium May 7, 09:04
  - maybe it's different in Canada? -- nm - hutsilu in Rwanda May 7, 08:30

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