
Taxation Of Individuals And Business Entities, 2010 Edition
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ISBN: 9780073526966
Author: Brian Spilker, Benjamin Ayers, John Robinson, Edmund Outslay, Ronald Worsham, John Barrick, Connie Weaver
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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Chapter 6, Problem 3DQ
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Explain the reason why congress allows self-employed taxpayers to deduct the cost of health insurance as a for AGI deduction when employees can only itemize this cost as a medical expense and state whether self-employed taxpayer ever prefer to claim health insurance premium as an itemized deduction rather than a deduction for AGI.
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Taxation Of Individuals And Business Entities, 2010 Edition
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