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Title: Robber's gun a deductible expense - LOL! Now I've seen everything
Post by: beet1e on January 27, 2005, 01:27:27 PM
ROFL! In Holland, a robber has been allowed to claim the cost of his gun as an allowable expense in his profession as a bank robber. :lol:rofl

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/26/wexp26.xml

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A bank robber has been allowed to claim the £1,400 cost of the gun he used as a legitimate business expense.

The 46-year-old criminal was able to set the price of the pistol against his gross proceeds of £4,700, which he stole in the southern Dutch town of Chaam.

Jailing him for four years, the judge at Breda criminal court reduced his fine by that amount.

The Dutch prosecutors' service said yesterday that the judge had followed sound legal precedents.

Leendert De Lange, a spokesman, said: "You can compare criminal acts to normal business activities, where you must invest to make profits, and thus you have costs."

Therefore drug dealers would be within their rights to claim the cost of a car used to ferry the drugs around, he said.

However, Mr De Lange scoffed at the hypothetical example of a drugs dealer claiming his Ferrari against the proceeds of his crimes.

"No, he would have to prove that he needed the car to transport the drugs and I hardly think he would transport them in a Ferrari."
Title: Robber's gun a deductible expense - LOL! Now I've seen everything
Post by: Furball on January 27, 2005, 01:56:18 PM
could you claim back the cost of hookers if you decided to make a pr0n film while banging them?
Title: Robber's gun a deductible expense - LOL! Now I've seen everything
Post by: beet1e on January 27, 2005, 01:59:28 PM
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Originally posted by Furball
could you claim back the cost of hookers if you decided to make a pr0n film while banging them?
Probably.

I always remember the Canadian snooker Bill Werbeniuk used to claim his lager purchases as a business expense when he was playing snooker. I worked out that even at that time (80s) Bill's lager consumption would amount to £10,000 at pub prices.
Title: Robber's gun a deductible expense - LOL! Now I've seen everything
Post by: bunch on January 27, 2005, 02:12:07 PM
As, the weapon is a liquifiable assest, he should only be able to claim depreciation on it.
Title: Robber's gun a deductible expense - LOL! Now I've seen everything
Post by: Swoop on January 27, 2005, 02:15:56 PM
I could make one of my usual comments about the Dutch here but I don't think I really need to anymore.

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Title: Robber's gun a deductible expense - LOL! Now I've seen everything
Post by: Scaevola on January 27, 2005, 06:58:41 PM
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Originally posted by Furball
could you claim back the cost of hookers if you decided to make a pr0n film while banging them?


Something like an Incum Tax?
Title: Robber's gun a deductible expense - LOL! Now I've seen everything
Post by: Bodhi on January 27, 2005, 08:20:54 PM
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Originally posted by Scaevola
Something like an Incum Tax?


Only if you're a female or homo!   :D
Title: Robber's gun a deductible expense - LOL! Now I've seen everything
Post by: Holden McGroin on January 27, 2005, 08:57:35 PM
Everything Hugh Hefner ever did to get laid was and still is tax deductable.