I chuckled when I saw the following list of off-the-wall tax deduction attempts, courtesy of bankrate.com. Love #8! #3? Really?!

And I thought I was bad for even pondering the deduction of makeup and Kara playing TV personality outfits for the Dollar Duo! I didn’t take the leap, which you might be able to tell based on my outfits and non-TV hair.

Add your own stretching the tax law deductions below (don’t worry, you can do it anonymously).

1) Arizona small business owner seeks deduction for toilet paper bought from his home
2) Wife donates cheating husband’s belongings to Goodwill, seeks $51,000 charitable deduction
3) Oklahoma business owner files a $2,000 check to a gynecologist as “repairs and maintenance”
4) Cleveland woman attempts to not only deduct Jacuzzi for medical reasons, but also attempts to deduct mood lighting, underwater speakers and a in-tub stereo system
5) Texas woman digs up the older trees in her backyard and donates them to charity. The IRS allowed this deduction
6) A Texas couple who’s unmarried but living together decides to file as a married couple, resulting in a messy situation
7) 85 year-old woman gets a deduction for ballroom dance lessons one year, only to attempt to deduct more dance lessons, a ball gown, and cruises with her 20 year-old dancing instructor the next year
Pet lover attempts to write off dog food as an expense for his “home security system”
9) Woman claims subletter renting a room in her house as a new “nephew” despite him being over 20 and not related to her

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