Abbey Marie
03-06-2012, 04:29 PM
Hey, why not? Birth control, hair care, it's all the same.:laugh2:
Mustached Americans seek tax break for grooming products
By Sharon Kehnemui (http://www.foxnews.com/archive/author/sharon-kehnemui/index.html)
Published February 20, 2012
FoxNews.com
"It appears clear that mustache maintenance costs qualify for and should be considered as a deductible expense related to the production of income underSection 212," Yeutter wrote.
As Congress pays lip service to Americans seeking tax reforms, an underrepresented constituency has a hairy proposition -- getting lawmakers to approve a $250 tax refund for mustached Americans.
Members of the American Mustache Institute (http://www.americanmustacheinstitute.org/) traipsed up to Capitol Hill (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/capitol-hill.htm#r_src=ramp) Monday -- while lawmakers were out of town for President's Day -- to seek a tax break for men with facial hair, who (AMI-authored studies show) are 38 percent better-looking than the rest of America.
But demonstrating that the organization is not biased, AMI Chairman Aaron Perlut, who claims to personally spend "somewhere between $1,000 to $1,500" annually on grooming products, said anyone with hair care costs would be eligible for the $250 annual tax refund.
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Declaring mustached Americans not only more attractive and sexually dynamic (institute studies show), Perlut said follicly enhanced Americans are strong contributors to the economy -- since trimmers, wax and other accoutrements are costly luxuries -- as well as protectors of the environment -- because not shaving saves water.
Putting its money where its mouth is, AMI is planning an April 1 million mustache march from the Capitol to the White House. Adding a sweetener to enhance participation, it has also recruited H&R Block to make donations to Millions From One, which provides clean drinking water to those in need, for every individual who participates in either AMI's Facebook campaign or the march itself.
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Perlut said only 34 representatives, "not including Nancy Pelosi (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/nancy-pelosi.htm#r_src=ramp)" have facial hair while 26 states are "unrepresented by mustached Americans."
"Studies have indicated that people with facial hair earn more on average than our clean-shaven mortal counterparts," Perlut said. "There is no question that we have a steep hill to climb."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/20/mustached-americans-seek-tax-break-for-grooming-products/?cmpid=cmty_fb_Gigya_Mustached_Americans_seek_tax_ break_for_grooming_products#ixzz1oNCy (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/20/mustached-americans-seek-tax-break-for-grooming-products/?cmpid=cmty_fb_Gigya_Mustached_Americans_seek_tax_ break_for_grooming_products#ixzz1oNCyq7sg)q7sg (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/20/mustached-americans-seek-tax-break-for-grooming-products/?cmpid=cmty_fb_Gigya_Mustached_Americans_seek_tax_ break_for_grooming_products#ixzz1oNCyq7sg)
Mustached Americans seek tax break for grooming products
By Sharon Kehnemui (http://www.foxnews.com/archive/author/sharon-kehnemui/index.html)
Published February 20, 2012
FoxNews.com
"It appears clear that mustache maintenance costs qualify for and should be considered as a deductible expense related to the production of income underSection 212," Yeutter wrote.
As Congress pays lip service to Americans seeking tax reforms, an underrepresented constituency has a hairy proposition -- getting lawmakers to approve a $250 tax refund for mustached Americans.
Members of the American Mustache Institute (http://www.americanmustacheinstitute.org/) traipsed up to Capitol Hill (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/capitol-hill.htm#r_src=ramp) Monday -- while lawmakers were out of town for President's Day -- to seek a tax break for men with facial hair, who (AMI-authored studies show) are 38 percent better-looking than the rest of America.
But demonstrating that the organization is not biased, AMI Chairman Aaron Perlut, who claims to personally spend "somewhere between $1,000 to $1,500" annually on grooming products, said anyone with hair care costs would be eligible for the $250 annual tax refund.
...
Declaring mustached Americans not only more attractive and sexually dynamic (institute studies show), Perlut said follicly enhanced Americans are strong contributors to the economy -- since trimmers, wax and other accoutrements are costly luxuries -- as well as protectors of the environment -- because not shaving saves water.
Putting its money where its mouth is, AMI is planning an April 1 million mustache march from the Capitol to the White House. Adding a sweetener to enhance participation, it has also recruited H&R Block to make donations to Millions From One, which provides clean drinking water to those in need, for every individual who participates in either AMI's Facebook campaign or the march itself.
...
Perlut said only 34 representatives, "not including Nancy Pelosi (http://www.foxnews.com/topics/politics/nancy-pelosi.htm#r_src=ramp)" have facial hair while 26 states are "unrepresented by mustached Americans."
"Studies have indicated that people with facial hair earn more on average than our clean-shaven mortal counterparts," Perlut said. "There is no question that we have a steep hill to climb."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/20/mustached-americans-seek-tax-break-for-grooming-products/?cmpid=cmty_fb_Gigya_Mustached_Americans_seek_tax_ break_for_grooming_products#ixzz1oNCy (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/20/mustached-americans-seek-tax-break-for-grooming-products/?cmpid=cmty_fb_Gigya_Mustached_Americans_seek_tax_ break_for_grooming_products#ixzz1oNCyq7sg)q7sg (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/20/mustached-americans-seek-tax-break-for-grooming-products/?cmpid=cmty_fb_Gigya_Mustached_Americans_seek_tax_ break_for_grooming_products#ixzz1oNCyq7sg)