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<text id=89TT2321>
<title>
Sep. 04, 1989: Business Notes:Taxes
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Sep. 04, 1989 Rock Rolls On:Rolling Stones
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 53
Business Notes
TAXES
One Gloat Over the Line
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<p> His excesses have become so routine that few people were
shocked when publishing tycoon Malcolm Forbes flew 600 guests to
Morocco for a $2 million "party of the century" to celebrate his
70th birthday. But many taxpayers were outraged to hear Forbes
suggest in a comment to reporters that he might try to claim a
deduction for some of the party's expenses. His rationale: the
guests included advertisers in his business magazine.
</p>
<p> In the end, the publisher, perhaps smelling a gust of bad
publicity, declared that "not a penny" would be deducted. But he
straight-facedly maintained that a "case could be made" for
writing off part of the fete, which included 600 belly dancers.
Said Forbes: "I would say, 95% of it's business-related."
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