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  • Bagging the Trophy Tax Break

    04/11/2005 12:38:01 AM PDT · by neverdem · 7 replies · 405+ views
    NY Times ^ | April 11, 2005 | MEATHEAD EDITORIAL
    All the cunning of human nature at finding holes in the tax code was on display at a Senate hearing last week in the form of the mounted head of an African springbok - a bounding creature so delicate in life, so valuable in death as a charity write-off. The animal was a compelling Exhibit A as officials described how sportsmen and their accountants chisel the tax code with high-powered rifles. Hunters underwrite exotic vacations by claiming deductions for trophy game, over-generously appraised as charity donations for questionable "museums." "Hunt for Free," advertises one purveyor of this growing abuse. "We'll...