Blackjack Reduction

When preparing my annual Income Tax Return, I always list as many deductions as possible in the hopes that the tax authorities will send me a refund. I soon realized that the monthly amounts I spent on blackjack were 20 percent of my monthly earnings, and I decided to list blackjack as one of my major deductions together with medical costs and office expenses. I was assuming that money spent on blackjack was as important and essential as money spent on medicines. However, the tax authorities seemed to feel that blackjack was not an approved deduction. I received a summons from the tax authorities to discuss the subject of blackjack.

Blackjack and the Tax Authorities

The tax clerk at the tax authorities' offices told me immediately upon my arrival there, that they would definitely not approve blackjack as a deduction from income tax. I explained to them how important blackjack was to me. I also told them that blackjack was an integral part of my life and, most importantly, an integral part of my work. The tax clerk was not impressed. He was very firm about the fact that no matter how great my expenses were on blackjack, he was not going to approve the blackjack deduction. Very disappointed, I went home to redo my tax return. In order to raise my spirits a bit, I poured myself a glass of wine and went back to my blackjack.