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Chapter 8: Other Deductions, Penalties, and Loss Disallowance/ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND INCOME TAXATION
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Chapter 8: Other Deductions, Penalties, and Loss Disallowance

ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES AND INCOME TAXATION

01.Core Concepts

• Expenses of an illegal business • Deductible as if business were legal • Fines and bribes still nondeductible • Trafficking in controlled substances (Drugs) • Cost of goods sold is the only deductible business expense  Applies to trafficking marijuana where such activity is legal according to state law