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Airplane Tax Deductions Do Not Fly For Urologist

Airplane Tax Deductions Do Not Fly For Urologist

There was an attempt to compare Dr. Steinberger’s situation to that of Peter Morton, co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, who was allowed to treat his jet owning S corporation as part of a unified business.  I covered the Court of Claims decision on that shortly before moving over to forbes.com. The Court’s response to the comparison must have stung a little seeming to imply that Dr. Steinberger was just not as cool as Peter Morton.

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.