May 1, 2020
The IRS could have gotten flack for allowing the deductions, tax professionals said, as the agency could be seen as effectively legislating. The agency didn’t immediately return a request for comment.
“They’re there to administer the law, not to make it, and that’s exactly what they’re doing,” said Matt Gardner, a senior fellow at the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Read more
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