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Old 03-06-2007, 02:32 PM
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Default Re: Tax write-off question

Here's the determining factor that defeats the personal use agrument. The purpose of sunglasses is to protect your eyes from sunlight and to make yourself more comfortable while outside, either driving a car or hitting a golf ball. Your sunglasses are worthless outside because they're prescription glasses. They cannot be used for outdoor activities, as noted above, because you are far-sighted, thus making them useless for anything other than sitting at a poker table. The IRS would have to prove there is a need for prescription sunglasses indoors other than poker for a farsighted individual. Pretty silly argument, unless he can show that the average male uses them to watch TV or to have sex. Its a "slam dunk".
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